Sunday, August 14, 2022

"Flooding is mostly a problem because we tend to allow most floodplains to be built up..."

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May be an image of text that says '1950 1980 2010 2040 Rural Exurban Suburban Urban Download Download high-res image (430KB) Reservoir Waterway Flood Zone Download: Download full-size image Fig. 7. The Expanding Bull's-Eye effect: A hypothetical flood impacting a city that is growing will cause moderate damage in 1950 and much more damage in 2040, because of many more people and wealth exposed to the flooding. From (Ashley et al., 2014); see also http://chubasco.niu.edu/ebe.htm.'
"Cutting CO₂ is one of the least effective ways to cut flooding, if at all
Flooding is mostly a problem because we tend to allow most floodplains to be built up, putting more people and property in harm's way (Bull's eye effect)
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