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Sea level is still rising, and when that lunar cycle starts upward again, it will mean double trouble for places like Miami.
Some flood dangers can be hard to spot initially – to planners, developers and home-buyers. Sometimes, the danger comes from underground.
We surveyed people with disability and carers after a major flood in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales area. Some of the stories were shocking.
Many flood-affected Sydneysiders live in what amounts to a bathtub. With the next flooding season on their doorstep, they can expect more frequent, devastating floods.
In flood-ravaged Dili, COVID-19 restrictions were abandoned as the disaster unfolded. But it means an already escalating pandemic situation may spiral out of control.
Floodplains are among the most productive ecosystems on the planet – they are biodiversity hotspots. That’s in large part due to periodic flooding between different parts of a river-floodplain system.
With adaptive design, infrastructure is ready to be expanded in the future. It’s working for the Dutch.
If you find your house overrun by bugs after the floods, go easy on them. Here’s what you can do instead of using pesticides.
Today’s risks will be tomorrow’s normal. That means tough decisions have to be made about human settlements having to retreat from areas most at risk, whether from floods or bushfires.
In any given year, there’s a 1% chance of a ‘once in a century’ flood. But that doesn’t mean they can’t happen more than once in quick succession.
It’s not enough to continue to build cities and towns based on business-as-usual planning principles. We need to plan and design our urban spaces around the idea that flooding is inevitable.
The expert advice is to never drive, walk, or ride through flood waters. Unfortunately, however, this is advice often not heeded. Research on psychology and floods reveals clues as to why.
Unless you’ve lived through it, it’s hard to understand how stressful a catastrophic flood can be - both in the moment and long after the event. That’s especially true for vulnerable populations.
By collaborating with Indigenous ranger groups, we can make strategic fire and land management practices economically sustainable for traditional landowners.
In Australia and around the world, failures in flood warnings can have devastating effects. But ‘humanitarian engineering’ may have the answer.
Infrastructure is often seen as the main way to reduce the impacts of climate-related disasters like floods and drought. But cities are complex systems with many factors affecting their resilience.
Clear messaging is crucial when dealing with multiple disasters.
While climate change is certain, some uncertainty remains in its severity — and that’s where the hope shines through.
Many storms, heatwaves, fires and droughts slipped under the radar this year.
Principais colaboradores
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Visiting Scientist, United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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Associate professor, Rhodes University
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Professor of Hydrology, University of Reading
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Professor Emeritus of Risk Management and Insurance, Georgia State University
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Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of River Science and Climate Resilience, University of Salford
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Honorary Research Fellow in Hydromorphology, University of Salford
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Assistant Professor, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
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Professor of Environmental Planning, University of Waikato
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Head of Operational Climate Services, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Lecturer in Human Geography and Urban Development, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Water and Planning, University of Sheffield
