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Community input strengthens urban flood adaptation model

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Briefings

A new study indicates that community input significantly strengthens an urban flood adaptation model. The research highlights that traditional flood prevention approaches using concrete impede rainwater infiltration, causing significant social, environmental, and economic losses in Baltimore. These losses have increased in frequency and intensity since 1748 and are expected to continue as the climate changes.

Key points

• Community input strengthens an urban flood adaptation model.
• Traditional flood prevention approaches using concrete impede rainwater infiltration.

Context

Urban flooding causes significant social, environmental, and economic losses every year. In Baltimore, those losses have increased in frequency and intensity since flooding records began in 1748 and are expected to continue doing so as the climate changes. Traditional flood prevention approaches, which use concrete and other impervious surfaces to direct flow, often fail in urban settings because they impede rainwater infiltration.

Limitations

Evidence is limited to a single study and Baltimore. No specific numbers, dates, or named actors beyond the city are provided. The study does not specify the community input method used, nor does it offer a forecast for future outcomes beyond the general expectation of continued losses due to climate change.

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