How do rural areas that preclude development come up with an estimate of beneficiaries?
Response: You may count as beneficiaries a reasonable estimate of the population who will not be living in a flood-prone area as a result of the development restriction. Determine what the density would likely be under a reasonably probable development scenario, then assist that future population avoid future flooding problems by keeping them out of the floodplain. This provides the beneficiaries for rural projects and puts them on a more equal footing with urban projects with respect to this evaluation criterion.
