Chapter 7. Flood Management: Learning to Live With "Too Much" Water

This chapter looks at the changing nature of flood risk and what we can do to better manage our exposure and vulnerability to flooding. We address questions such as these:

  • What are the different kinds of floods? 
  • Are all floods bad?
  • Have floods been getting worse because of climate change?
  • What can we do to reduce flood risk?
  • Does flood insurance help or hurt in the effort to better manage floods?

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A participant in a “Gross Gathering” organized by the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) in Chatham, a neighborhood on the south side of Chicago.

A participant in a “Gross Gathering” organized by the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) in Chatham, a neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. Photo by CNT. 

Chapter 7 Resources

Table of Contents

Highlights

Table 1: Impact of flooding in the US

Figure 1: US coastal storm damages over time

Figure 2: US coastal storm damages over time, corrected for development

Figure 3: The vulnerability-exposure trap

Supplemental Resources

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