Sentences with phrase «local flood protections»

In some cases, the magnitude of future climate extremes is within a relatively wide range around that of local flood protections, so that the consequent ensemble range of estimated risk reduction can be large.

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.

«Although the term «floods» is used consistently throughout the text, this is in reality the series of annual discharge peaks, hence the vast majority of events do not correspond to a flood in that they probably didn't exceed the local flood protection level.»

Each flow peak of the future streamflow scenario exceeding the local flood protection levels is assigned an impact (PA and ED) through linear interpolation among the return periods estimated for the current climate.

2) The relocation mask is evaluated independently of the local flood protection standards, as a failure in the protections would likely induce a very large impact and a difficult recovery process.

Not exact matches

Committee chair Anne McIntosh added: «At a time of budgetary constraints councils must give flood protection work priority since many of them will need to increase the financial contribution they make to key local flood defence projects whilst also fulfilling their new duties to lead local flood work.»

And that track ran straight through Hoosick Falls, where repeated torrential rains turned Woods Brook, a normally gentle brook named for a local patriarch, into a raging locomotive that blasted apart the village's decrepit, 1950s - era flood protection system.

While local elected officials have fought for years to preserve it, redevelopment of the Red Hook site — potentially as part of a dramatic makeover of the entire neighborhood with new parkland, flood protections and a subway — is now on the table.

i can understand regional protection for local markets, Australia / NZ has a tiny retail market which would instantly be flooded by almost any import / export of AUS / US / EU printed retail books, but what about the instance where there is no competing market, when the local distributor has no eBook version, has no plans to operate in the eBook market, and yet, local publishers and local distributors have no ability to modify that geographic embargo for consumers, when they won't be competing in that market.

Local AKC dog clubs and AKC Pet Disaster Relief, a national program spearheaded by AKC Reunite that is dedicated to keeping pets and their owners safe in the aftermath of tornadoes, floods, wildfires and other natural or civil disasters, donated a life - saving pet disaster relief trailer, the first of its kind in the state of Oregon, to officials at the Josephine County Animal Protection and Regulation.

[2011 paper 157 cites] Exploring high - end scenarios for local sea level rise to develop flood protection strategies for a low - lying delta — the Netherlands as an example Sea level rise, especially combined with possible changes in storm surges and increased river discharge resulting from climate change, poses a major threat in low - lying river deltas.

To deal with flooding, local and national institutions have combined to erect an extensive flood protection systems, to create river flood and hurricane forecasting, and develop evacuation plans.

State or local governing boards can increase the stringency of flood protection requirements beyond those informed by retrospective assessments, but few have taken the first step of conducting their own future risk and vulnerability assessments to spur that change.

Some of his suggestions for local planning initiatives include: Preserve wetlands by passing local wetlands protection laws; maintain biodiversity in the Hudson Valley by protecting sensitive lands through land acquisition; refrain from building in flood plains; require all new building to be «green» and sustainable and, ideally, change local building codes to require LEED certification; switch all public and government buildings to energy suppliers that provide wind and solar options as alternatives; implement smart growth communities by keeping construction in areas that are already developed thus preserving green corridors; and support cap - and - trade laws to decrease CO2 levels.

Participation in the NFIP is based on an agreement between local municipalities and the federal government, which states that if a community will adopt and enforce a floodplain management ordinance to reduce future flood risks to new construction in Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA), the federal government will make flood insurance available within the community as a financial protection against flood damage.