THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES IN FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT

Flood management planning in general primarily focuses on physical damage and structural measures accordingly. While such an approach is necessary, there is a great need for more knowledge to take sufficient precautions. Flood risk maps ensures key information in terms of flood management plans. Therefore, the boundary of inundation area, assets in the region and risk promoting features of population in the flood zone should be evaluated together to estimate flood risk is the closest to truth. ‘‘Nothing cannot sustain its existence which has not a sustainable structure in the nature’’ that the fact in mind, in order to maintain the presence of assets and activities in a floodplain, it is necessary to implement planning decisions that are compatible with the structure of population living in the region. In this study, we discuss the importance of detailed interpretation of the socio-economic and demographic profiles (age, education level, gender, income etc.) of the population living in the basin in terms of evaluating flood risk