Flood protection based on historical records is flawed – we need a risk model fit for climate change
- Written by: Xinyu Fu, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Planning, University of Waikato
Despite countries pouring billions of dollars into “protecting” communities, flood-related disasters are becoming more frequent and are projected to become even more severe as the climate crisis worsens.
In fact, many areas that flooded during recent extreme weather events, from Auckland to Henan in China, were deemed to be relatively...
