On the following pages a brief definition to some important abstract terms of the IFM is given.

The abstract terms are:

• Flood / Inundation

• Danger (as part of the flood risk assessment)

• Disaster (as part of the flood risk assessment)

• (Flood) Hazard

• Flood risk

• Residual risk (as part of the flood risk assessment)

• (Un)acceptable risk (as part of the flood risk assessment)

• Probability (as part of the flood risk assessment)

• Vulnerability (as part of the flood risk assessment)

• Exposure (as part of the flood risk assessment)

• Consequence (as part of the flood risk assessment)

• Source - Pathway - Receptor - Consequence model

• Climate Change (as part of the flood risk assessment)