Natural Flood Control

Natural Flood Control

As our understanding of floods has deepened, it has become apparent that floods present us with a paradox. On the one hand, we want to prevent them, because they threaten our lives and ways of life. On the other hand, we find ourselves searching for ways to allow or even reintroduce flooding, becaus...

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Published in:Issues in science and technology 1998-09, Vol.15 (1), p.74-80
Main Authors: HAEUBER, RICHARD A., MICHENER, WILLIAM K.
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Animals
Dams
Environmental Influences
Environmental policy
Flood control
Flood damage
Floodplain management
Floodplains
Floods
Freshwater ecosystems
Land Use
Levees
Lotic systems
Management
Methods
United States environmental policy
Water
Wetlands
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Summary:As our understanding of floods has deepened, it has become apparent that floods present us with a paradox. On the one hand, we want to prevent them, because they threaten our lives and ways of life. On the other hand, we find ourselves searching for ways to allow or even reintroduce flooding, because it supports the biological infrastructure that makes valued aspects of our lives possible. Thus flood control per se cannot be effective over the long term. Rather, the key is a new, more informed kind of flood management, one that involves working with the forces of nature instead of simply trying to eliminate them.
ISSN:0748-5492
1938-1557