Stanford University: Preparing for Urban Floods With an Eye Toward Equity
May 30, 2024
May 30, 2024
STANFORD, California, May 30 (TNSres) -- Stanford University issued the following news release:
Plans for flood mitigation along urban rivers often benefit some neighborhoods more than others. Researchers and collaborators in a densely populated California floodplain developed a way to help planners see how infrastructure designs, sea-level rise, and severe storms fueled by climate change will affect flood risk at the local level.
Rising seas and extreme storms fueled b . . .
Plans for flood mitigation along urban rivers often benefit some neighborhoods more than others. Researchers and collaborators in a densely populated California floodplain developed a way to help planners see how infrastructure designs, sea-level rise, and severe storms fueled by climate change will affect flood risk at the local level.
Rising seas and extreme storms fueled b . . .