Flooding... Not Only Due To Climate Change
Published on by Erik Klaassen, Project Management, Water Management, Planning and Strategy Development, Resident Engineer in Academic
Often when areas are flooded, articles and discussions point quickly to Climate Change as the cause. Of course, it is a fact that the climate is changing.
Representative image, source: Pixabay
More extreme weather events as well as a rising sea level, which will have an impact on flooding. Pointing directly and only at Climate Change is too easy, not correct and insufficient. It is important also to consider flooding due to man-made impacts, which in some cases have an even larger negative impact compared to Climate Change.
Man-made impacts are for example, but not limited to: land subsidence, deforestation, urban development/design and maintenance work.
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- Flood Management
- Flood Modeling
- Flood management
- Flood damage
- Flood prediction
- Flood Risk Management
- Water
- flood protection
- Water Sensitive Design and Planning