As fatal floods washed away homes in parts of Germany and Belgium this summer, the team that manages Vienna’s flood defense knew they had about two days before the deluge reached the city. The section ...
When U.S. homeowners buy subsidized flood insurance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, they make a commitment to build back better after flood disasters, even if it costs them. FEMA’s ...
As the current New South Wales flooding highlights, it’s not enough to continue to build cities and towns based on business-as-usual planning principles — especially as these disasters tend to ...