Managing urban flooding in the face of continuous change

Managing urban flooding in the face of continuous change

Zevenbergen, C.

Architecture

Urbanism

2011-12-23

Many cities around the world are facing the challenges of sustainable living and development and are exploring ways to enhance their ability to manage an uncertain future. Drivers and pressures include relative wealth; population growth; the provision of food; lifestyle expectations; energy and resource use and climate change. These pose new challenges for the way in which we manage urban floods. There is no clear cut, ‘best’ solution for the avoidance of catastrophic flood events or even how to ‘live with (all) floods’. The way forward is thus far from clear although what we can be sure about is that we are rapidly entering a phase of fundamental change and our willingness and ability to adapt to and mitigate the worst effects of this will be critical.

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Atlantis, 22 (3), 2011

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(c) 2011 Zevenbergen, C.