The project advanced these reforms and helped to develop a new way of thinking about floods and their broader ecological significance in the Songhua River basin. The government agencies involved in the Songhua River basin have shifted their approach from only structural measures for flood control to a balanced approach using both structural and non- structural measures. However, there remains room for improvement in the development of different types of non-structural measures. In the next phase, basin flood management needs to evolve into integrated flood management, which not only aims to reduce the human and socioeconomic losses from flooding but also to increase the social, economic, and ecological benefits from floods and the use of floodplains.
Songhua River Flood Management Sector Project