Posted on May 26, 2011

Five Feet High and Rising : Cities and Flooding in the 21st Century

World Bank / by Abhas Jha, Jessica Lamond, Robin Bloch, Namrata Bhattacharya, Ana Lopez, Nikolaos Papachristodoulou, Alan Bird, David Proverbs, John Davies, & Robert Barker http://bit.ly/jIEFTY [Abstract] Urban flooding is an increasingly important issue. Disaster statistics appear to show flood events are becoming more frequent, with medium-scale events increasing fastest. The impact of flooding is … Continue reading »