According to the author, one of the first things that Brown should do is to stop the government from building homes on flood plains. He asserts that chances of flooding would increase if the government spends more money on improving flood defenses in vulnerable areas, as well as building more...
Read the full-text online article and more details about "Deadly Risk of Building on South-East's Flood Plains ; after Storms and Torrential Rain Hit London, New Warnings over Hundreds of Thousands of Homes Planned across the Region" by Cecil, Nicholas - The Evening Standard (London, England...
A South Carolina developer has been producing glossy ads to tout its $1 billion project along the Congaree River: 4,600 acres earmarked for development in an area prone to seasonal flooding."This is a flood plain," says the ad, showing manicured developments in other parts of the country ...
The new rule will “enhance resilience in flood-prone communities, by taking future flood risk into consideration when we rebuild,” she said. Climate resilience experts have long called for FEMA, along with other federal agencies, to ensure that federal tax money isn’t wasted on vu...
Land use planningto avoid hazard zones (e.g. 100-year flood plains, fault lines) should be used when locating landfills,Superfundsites,waste lagoonsand industrial facilities. Implementing risk-reduction strategies in new buildings, retrofitting weak edifices and using special designs for tanks and pi...
The government policies on flood management, embankment construction and resettlement of riverine households were top-down that neither address local communities’ needs nor involve them in the planning and implementation. On the other hand, humanitarian response actions incorporate communities’ experiences ...
Under water (building on flood plains)Allan, Kate
A South Carolina developer has been producing glossy ads to tout its $1 billion project along the Congaree River: 4,600 acres earmarked for development in an area prone to seasonal flooding."This is a flood plain," says the ad, showing manicured developments in other parts of the country ...
Tories Call for a Stop to All Building on Perilous Flood Plains; Calls Follow Dire Warnings on Homes from the Association of British Insurers
BuildingsBuilding constructionFloodsFlood-plainsOgbaruThe study evaluates the building construction forms and components in the flood plains of Ogbaru with a view to establishing how the buildings responds to flood events in the study area. Being a survey research, data were collected through structured...