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
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- Flood management
- Flood damage
- Flood prediction
- Flood Risk Management
- Water
- flood protection
- Water Sensitive Design and Planning
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We just had a Water Summit for Montana here last week. Many of the issues you mention were topics of discussion. One way we are looking at retaining more groundwater and reducing flood impacts is to do stream restoration projects which allow the streams to access their historic floodplains. Many modern streams and rivers are confined and have been cut off from their floodplains causing water to move downstream at an accelerated flow rate. Access to floodplains allows the water to spread out and slow down during high water events.