A nationwide analysis of community-level floodplain development found that over two-million acres of floodplain were developed over the past two decades across the United States, with roughly half ...

Having allowed development in its floodplain for decades, half of its downtown, often referred to as the Lower Townsite, now lies there. If the city “made room for the river," there wouldn’t ...

A new paper in Oxford Open Climate Change uncovers evidence suggesting that, contrary to expectations, most U.S. cities are not doing too badly in avoiding development in areas prone to ...

A nationwide analysis of community-level floodplain development found that over two-million acres of floodplain were developed over the past two decades across the United States, with roughly half ...

The City of Vernon has recently complete its own floodplain maps and is looking at upgrading infrastructure and changing development rules to minimize loss when waters rise. – Mar 16, 2022 ...

Ottawa city councillors demand investigation into floodplain development permit Matthew McClearn Ottawa Published May 20, 2022 Updated May 25, 2022 ...

Floodplain mapping to restrict N.S. development A public meeting was held in Bedford, N.S., focusing on the recurring flooding of the Sackville and Little Sackville rivers ...

A national survey of floodplain development between 2001 and 2019 has found that the U.S. actually built fewer structures in floodplains than might be expected if cities were building at random.

“We are raising a flag and saying to applicants, consult before development goes ahead,” said Fleming. The area in question has not been studied for floodplain mapping since the 1980s.

While Alberta Environment launched an $8.7-million effort a year ago to improve the province’s flood maps, Saher found limited progress had been made due to uncertainty about the current one-in ...