The cities in the firing line for future floods

• Autores: Michael Le Page
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3142, 2017, pág. 27
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Hurricane Harvey may have been unprecedented, but it wasn't unexpected. Houston frequently experiences flooding and experts have repeatedly warned that worse could be to come as the world gets warmer. And yet Houston was shockingly unprepared, not least because its flood control directors think talk of climate change is a plot to prevent development, and its planning system fails to prevent building in the most at-risk areas. Here, Le Page talks about a list of coastal cities that will face biggest financial losses from flooding by 2050.