**5. Conclusion**

This chapter presents spatial temporal relation of flood risk and its dynamic pressures in Myanmar. It illustrates the first, conceptually sound risk assessment for major river and coastal flooding in Myanmar. The finding highlights many socioecological dynamic pressures driven by economic- and governance-related root causes were positively and spatially correlated with flood risks. We call attentions to critical concerns about existence of those dynamic pressures in the flood plains and their potential compound and complex disasters. Effective land use and environmental management is essential to prevent deforestation, agricultural extension, urban extension, mining, and wetland loses in the critical areas such as upstream areas and flood plain areas of Myanmar's major rivers and to protect key ecosystems such as mangrove forests in the coastal areas.
