Posts Tagged ‘flood mitigation’
Paradise Lost: Big Changes Are Proposed for CU’s South Campus
Two related occurrences—a proposal to build a massive berm to control flood waters and reconsideration of land use designations as part of the current Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan update process likely leading to an annexation [...]
ProPublica | Boomtown, Flood Town
“…Scientists say the Harris County Flood Control District, which manages thousands of miles of floodwater-evacuating bayous and helps enforce development rules, should focus more on preserving green space and managing growth. The City of [...]
Forbes | The ‘Other’ Human Influences On The Maryland Floods You May Overlook
"Urban Flooding = Increase in intensity of top 1% rain events + expanding urban impervious land cover + storm water management engineered for rainstorms of 'last century'" Read the entire article at Forbes: The 'Other' Human Influences On The [...]
NYT | Flooding in the South Looks a Lot Like Climate Change
“'If you look across all our natural disaster policies, they’re predicated on the wrong assumption that our flood risk in the future looks identical to our flood risk in the past,' he said. He said that initiatives like the National Flood [...]
Ten Lessons for the City of Boulder from the Great Flood of ’13
Fourmile Canyon Creek jumped its banks to the north in several places west of Broadway, wrecking havoc down through light industrial areas (all photos courtesy Elizabeth Black) The “1000 year flood” is media hype; believe it at your peril. [...]
Rescue Marshall Colorado
My 28 acres of wooded and environmentally sensitive area would be wiped clean and replaced with a 5' deep pit. Anyone wanting to preserve the natural environment is asked to attend the Thursday, September 2nd meeting and voice their opinion. The [...]
