Flood protection refers to actions taken to prevent or reduce damage caused by flooding. It includes measures like building barriers, improving drainage systems, and creating floodplains to divert water away from buildings and communities. The aim is to keep people and property safe during heavy rains or rising water levels.
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The plan will look to increase the level
of flood protection across the entire city, while also taking urban planning projects, maintenance activities and resilience strategies into account.
The study said investment
in flood protection measures could help reduce the magnitude of overall flood losses in the future.
In prosperous countries in particular, it makes sense for central government to establish the necessary infrastructure
for flood protection.
Under the projected increase in frequency and magnitude of river floods, traditional approaches based only on rising indefinitely
local flood protections are not sustainable in the long term.
These three steps not only
provide flood protection, they also deliver many of other benefits — clean water, recreation, wildlife and quality - of - life — that our communities enjoy.
Furthermore, private mitigation should be supported wherever
technical flood protection has so far been unable to provide sufficient protection against damage.
The near future will include
increased flood protection insurance costs, increased sewer utility charges and increased on - site water management requirements.
Better think again; most insurers don't cover flood damage unless it is specifically listed as a peril or you
added flood protection to your policy.
Contrary, if the government invests
into flood protection instead of giving subsidies, firms will produce more and consequently earn higher profits in the long term.
Obviously, if you live in the middle of a desert, you're probably not too worried
about flood protection replacing or cleaning damaged carpet resulting from a flood.
While he says he could talk «for hours» about the benefits that trees have in vulnerable communities, carbon capture, temperature control, and
flood protection top the list.
Don't rely on your landlord's insurance —
whatever flood protection she has won't cover your belongings in the event of a flood.
Since its launch, over 200 members have joined the campaign, including legal and property professionals, housing developers,
flood protection specialists and homeowners, through to national government and local authorities.
Not every policy automatically provides
exterior flood protection, and you might even want to purchase a rider if you feel that you need more coverage.
If you live in a flood plain, you made want to purchase
federal flood protection from the government as your renters policy will not cover it.
Major landscaping projects, such as modifying the existing slope of a yard to
supplement flood protection, may require the use of specialty equipment or machinery.
Additionally, where a variance is granted, some level
of flood protection and hazard mitigation should always be required.
Check with your municipality about local issues and opportunities to engage clients
in flood protection.
Should capital - intensive businesses be located in flood risk areas and
increase flood protection, or should they be (re) located to areas that are less vulnerable to flooding?
Don't rely on your landlord's insurance —
whatever flood protection she has won't cover your belongings in the event of a flood.
Conversely, adaptation plans only based on
rising flood protections have the effect of reducing the frequency of small floods and exposing the society to less - frequent but catastrophic floods and potentially long recovery processes.
«Accurate assessment of the risk of floods in any particular area is important for town planning and council zoning and in designing
flood protection infrastructure like bridges and levees,» says Dr Westra.
It's not just a fire that is covered by Quincy renters insurance too; you can also add
on flood protection or wind damage.
It is incumbent on TREB members to understand municipal
flood protection programs such as downspout disconnection, and to be knowledgeable about flood - prone areas in their market,» he says.
UFZ provided scientific monitoring for this project, as dike relocation in this manner offers the opportunity of combining sustainable and modern
flood protection with nature conservation objectives and hence of safeguarding resources for future generations
In the simulation framework, the return period of
current flood protections in Europe, expressed in years, was increased by a set of 12 constant rates ranging between 5 % and 2500 %, where the upper bound was derived by the findings of the post-event adaptation scenario, described in Sect. 3.1.
Inadequate flood protection infrastructure, which right now might not contain high tides in El Nino years; Lack of action on annual sediment removal from spring freshets, which each year move over 30 million m3 of sediment and leave about 3 million m3 of silt in the navigation and secondary channels of the lower reaches; and, By the end of this century sea levels at the mouth of the river could potentially rise more than one meter due to climate change overtopping the diking system.