At least CALIFORNIA has statewide flood preventative measures and (urban and rural) land use planning and controls. Not the case eastward, in TEXAS, and certainly its largest city, HOUSTON, America's biggest, most populated city WITHOUT ZONING, frequently experiencing heavy floods killing dozens. National Urban Planning expert SAM BRODY (Texas A&M University) called HOUSTON "the No. 1 city in America to be injured and die in a flood."
Published by Steve Spacek, Author, Am. State Litter Scorecard
At least CALIFORNIA has statewide flood preventative measures and (urban and rural) land use planning and controls. Not the case eastward, in TEXAS, and certainly its largest city, HOUSTON, America's biggest, most populated city WITHOUT ZONING, frequently experiencing heavy floods killing dozens. National Urban Planning expert SAM BRODY (Texas A&M University) called HOUSTON "the No. 1 city in America to be injured and die in a flood."