A nationwide analysis of community-level floodplain development found that over two-million acres of floodplain were developed over the past two decades across the United States, with roughly half of ...
That aphorism, which has been quoted by floodplain managers for nearly a century, comes from White’s 1942 doctoral thesis, making this perhaps one of most enduring phrases to ever emerge from a ...
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Giving rivers room to move: How rethinking flood management can benefit people and nature
When we think about flood management, higher stop banks, stronger levees and concrete barriers usually come to mind. But what if the best solution—for people and nature—isn't to confine rivers, but to ...
Half of all residential development on flood-prone land in the U.S. over the past two decades has been built in Florida. From 2001 to 2019, more than 2 million acres of floodplains in the U.S. have ...
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