Abstract Flood is a main issue of concer for both developed and developing countries. Most of the developing countries have low capacity to manage urban growth and climate changes impacts. The higher number of vulnerable people suffer from the flood risks as_urban growth combined with the severe rainfall experienced in Yangon city. The main objective of the study is to conduct an assessment of flood risk across the study areas of Yangon city in order to provide specific suggestions to reduce the risk in the context of urban development. This research focuses on the spatial growth in the challenge to urban development and socio-economic characteristics of people living in flood prone areas while studying flood protection and mitigation planning and also taking flood risk assessment in urban areas towards city development into consideration. Both qualitative and quantitative flood data can be used for analysis, and analyzed in this research. An integrated site-specific flood risk assessment approach was performed based on the souree~ pathway-receptor concept to assess the flooding risk in Yangon city. It was found that urban flood in the investigated areas was not only caused by unexpected heavy rainfall, but also due to lack of drainage system and unplanned human settlements. ‘Throughout this research, there have been many challenges to the inevitable future and much knowledge is gained; poor management of urban growth, solid waste collecting system and infrastructures such as drainage and sanitation systems in the investigated areas. The main sources and consequences of floods and coping mechanisms adopted by Jocal people during and after floods are important information for proper city planning. Lf appropriate urban development and storm water runoff take place ~ adopting approaches such as land use planning (zoning) and Source-Pathway-Receptor (SPR) measures approach integrated with the existing local coping mechanisms in the investigated areas in ‘Yangon city for management of the storm water runoff against the flood risks. Keywords _: Coping Strategies, Flood, Impacts, Risk Assessment, Urbanization. iit