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This document discusses integrated urban flood risk management. It notes that over 75% of flood damage occurs in urban areas, but current policies focus only on reducing flood probabilities rather than addressing extreme events. It advocates adopting more flexible, adaptive, and multi-sectoral approaches that build resilience through measures like reversible protections, capacity building, and learning from demonstration projects. The document concludes that successfully managing future floods requires understanding available responses, political will to implement ideas, and public engagement, and recommends establishing networks and projects to catalyze action on urban flood resilience around the world.