Climate models are likely underestimating the true severity of future warming in urban areas.
- Professor of Hydroclimatic Modelling, Loughborough University
‘Leaky dams’ and tree planting are useful against smaller floods, but they won’t hold back the water after a major storm.
In failing to acknowledge that the capacity of rivers can change quickly, some flood models and defences may not be equipped to deal with the consequences when they do.
Cities make their own climate, so such like-for-like comparisons are too simplistic.
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