Flood risk, landscapes and adaptive capacity

This white paper begins by recognizing that floods are more than a hydrological phenomenon of rising water levels. Although public discourse often defaults to simplified explanations, such as ‘deforestation causes floods’, the true drivers are multifactorial and deeply context dependent. The social and economic impacts of floods are shaped not only by the physical event itself but by how societies interact with landscapes and how governance systems interpret, prepare for, and respond to these events. The purpose of this paper is to move beyond simplistic narratives that treat the loss of trees and forest cover as the main focus for action and to encourage systems diagnostics that identify the roles of hazard, exposure, and vulnerability in shaping flood outcomes.

https://doi.org/10.5716/cifor-icraf/PP.46337

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