One of my more popular GA lectures is called HIGH AND DRY.
You can see a version of it on my SLIDESHARE page.
It is about flood management, and the lessons that can be learnt (but often aren't) from previous flood events.
This GUARDIAN article from today's paper describes a typical problem, which is the building of new housing on floodplains, despite the obvious risk... One of the points that I make about choosing a place to live is to avoid places called 'the water meadow, or similar...
Remember, they're called floodplains because they flood...
You can see a version of it on my SLIDESHARE page.
It is about flood management, and the lessons that can be learnt (but often aren't) from previous flood events.
This GUARDIAN article from today's paper describes a typical problem, which is the building of new housing on floodplains, despite the obvious risk... One of the points that I make about choosing a place to live is to avoid places called 'the water meadow, or similar...
Remember, they're called floodplains because they flood...
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