Vanderbilt: Study Finds That Proactive Home Buyouts Provide Financial Benefits, Reduce Flood Damage, Protect Homeowners
June 17, 2020
June 17, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 17 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news:
Damages from flooding cost hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Compounded by a changing climate, by 2080 the frequency of these major events is expected to increase by 20 times.
A case study of the record-breaking and devastating flooding of Middle Tennessee in May 2010 and an evaluation of Nashville's existing home buyout program, led by research associate professor of civil an . . .
Damages from flooding cost hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Compounded by a changing climate, by 2080 the frequency of these major events is expected to increase by 20 times.
A case study of the record-breaking and devastating flooding of Middle Tennessee in May 2010 and an evaluation of Nashville's existing home buyout program, led by research associate professor of civil an . . .