Guidance

Socio-economic equity and human-related impacts of flooding

Includes socio-economic equity and human-related flooding impacts in FCERM appraisal - for risk management authorities (RMAs) and project teams.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 1 July 2004

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Socio-economic equity and human-related impacts of flooding in appraisal

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This is guidance to support the appraisal of FCERM projects. You should have read the FCERM appraisal guidance manual before using this document.

A flood prevention scheme might have different impacts on individuals, depending on factors such as their income. It may therefore be necessary for you to consider social equity.

This guidance provides revisions to the economic appraisal to help you do this. It uses distributional impacts to assess socio-economic equity. These are used to consider the distribution of costs or benefits of interventions across different income groups and social classes.

The guidance also provides a way for you to incorporate human-related intangible impacts in your appraisal. Intangible impacts are those that are difficult to quantify, such as stress or the loss of memorabilia resulting from flooding or coastal erosion.

Published 1 July 2004