Flooding and Natural and Nature-Based Solutions The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Flooding
In episode 74 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons talks with flood management experts, both in the US and abroad. \xa0Discover the history of flood management in the US.\xa0 We also learn how the Netherlands plans for 1 in 10,000 year flood events.\xa0 The guests in this episode also discuss nature based solutions to flood management. World Wildlife Fund\u2019s Anita Van Breda shares information on the recently released\xa0Natural and Nature-Based Flood Management: A Green Guide\xa0(aka the Flood Green Guide), developed by WWF and its partners, as a tool for natural based solutions to flooding.\xa0 This is the first episode in a 3 part series, sponsored by World Wildlife Fund.
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Experts in this episode:
Anita Van Breda, WWF
Dr. Steve Stockton
Dr. Bregje van Wesenbeeck
Dr. Jeff Opperman
Topics covered:
- Discuss history of flood management.
- How developing and developed countries approach flood management.
- What do we know about the effectiveness of green infrastructure and what do we still need to learn?
- What\u2019s kept us from truly reforming flood plain management?
- Flood management in the Netherlands.
- The science behind nature based solutions to flooding.
- And much more!
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Links in this episode:
https://www.worldwildlife.org/experts/anita-van-breda
Flood Green Guide:
http://envirodm.org/flood-management
Dr. Steve Stockton:\xa0 http://www.dawsonassociates.com/stockton-steven/
Dr. Bregje van Wesenbeeck:\xa0 https://www.deltares.nl/en/experts/bregje-van-wesenbeeck-2/
Dr. Jeff Opperman:\xa0 https://www.worldwildlife.org/experts/jeff-opperman
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