Socio-economic, legal and political Root causes
1. Lack of institutional capacity in management of emergency situations
2. Lack of spatial planning
3. Lack of financial resources for construction of flood control schemes, river flow regulation and clearing the river beds
4. Unavailability of new technologies for flood forecast and early warning
5. Lack of finances for monitoring and creation of institutional capacity
Insufficient resources for managing
in emergency situations,
Low level of public awareness and
preparation,
Low level of organization of
emergency groups,
Absence of wide-range planning,
Absence of conducting training
exercises (at national and regional
levels),
Lack of financial means for
cleaning-up anti-flooding structures,
Lack of financial means for
developing monitoring and
institutional resources,
Wide-spread commercial and illegal
forest cuts,
Absence of protection territories at
areas with high risk of flooding.
