In mountainous environments, logging can hasten snowmelt, leading to larger floods.
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Large floods happen naturally, however, adding or removing forests can change not only their sizes but also how often they occur.
Governments and experts need to consider both the frequency and size of floods to better prepare for future ones.
Restraining rivers through stop banks and channels transfers and heightens flood risks downstream. Allowing them to roam free limits flooding and delivers other ecological benefits.
Some actions to minimise the risk of catastrophic floods can make life more pleasant, even when it isn’t raining.
Flood risks are rising, yet communities may spend millions of dollars in federal infrastructure funding on systems that aren’t built to handle them.
Extreme weather is set to dominate our future – can collecting rainwater reduce the threat posed by both drought and flooding?
Our heavy reliance on sandbagging suggests we really don’t understand the river landscapes we inhabit. We must learn from communities that have developed better solutions to living with floods.
Framing floods as ‘natural disasters’ deflects from the reality that vulnerability must exist before a crisis can emerge.
Current policy to manage and protect people from flooding disadvantages those who are most vulnerable.
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Professor, Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia
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PhD Student in Forest Hydrology, University of British Columbia
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PhD Candidate, Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia
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Research Associate, University of Sheffield
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Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University
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Lecturer in Human Geography and Urban Development, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University
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Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL
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Professor, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant Lecturer of Civil, Environmental and Water Engineering, Atlantic Technological University
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Professor of Water and Planning, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Environmental Planning, University of Waikato
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Associate Professor of Water Systems Engineering, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Ecology and Rutherford Discovery Fellow, University of Canterbury