Glossary

Accepted or derived parameter which can be measured directly or determined from separate measurements, and which indicates trends in a particular referent.

The unintended ingress of ground water into a drainage system (also termed parasitary flow in some countries).

"Flow which enters the sewer; this can be generated by rainfall or an industrial discharge or other particular connection."

That which resolves uncertainty, or explicatory meaning of data

Initial (or starting) values for a system under consideration.

Coordination and integration (or a sum/collection) of tools, approaches, methods and resources into the practices for the purpose of maximising benefits (or minimising flood risk) and minimising costs.

The one that uses the epistemologies/methods of one discipline within another.

The covering of a land surface by water from a drainage system whose capacity is insufficient to convey the flow.

Justified true belief.

A comprehensive repository of the resilience measures and strategies (similar to a database) but also including the metadata or rules which describe the applicability of the measures for strategies for the holistic risk governance.