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.
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Articles on Flood risk
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We can design parks, open space and public infrastructure to hold excess water when flood strikes. That means better control of where floodwater ends up, reducing the risk to lives and property.
Clear messaging is crucial when dealing with multiple disasters.
Rising sea levels are as likely to trap people as they are to force them to move.
The Aztecs had a shining city on a lake, with canals, causeways and aqueducts – until the Spanish came. Mexico City is still suffering the consequences of their bad public health decisions.
Blaming flooding on an act of God wrongly absolves government and developers of their liability for poor decisions that unfairly burden taxpayers.
‘Leaky dams’ and tree planting are useful against smaller floods, but they won’t hold back the water after a major storm.
We asked some climate researchers what kept them hopeful in 2019.
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Associate Professor, Macquarie University
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Professor of Sociology, Rice University
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Visiting Scientist, United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, Honorary Adjunct Research Fellow, Western Sydney University
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Researcher, Queen's University, Ontario
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Principal Horticultural Scientist (RHS)/RHS Fellow, University of Reading
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Professor of Urban Studies and Public Health, Georgia State University
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Associate Professor, and Associate Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Monash University
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL
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Professor of Hydrology, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
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Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes; Deputy Director for the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science; Deputy Director for the Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Energy Storage Systems Dynamics, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor in Policy and Intersectionality, UCL
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Full Professor in Anthropology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
