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Better Planning for Extreme Floods Possible: A Note from Stewart Franks
Posted by Stewart Franks, February 27th, 2009 - under Opinion.
Tags: Floods
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DESPITE increased understanding of a number of different climate processes and their impact on a range of different timescales, this knowledge is not being used to inform planning and decision making. This is because long-term climate risk is often viewed only in statistical terms. For instance, engineering techniques for estimating flood risk, where records exist, [...]