#floodzones — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #floodzones, aggregated by home.social.
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"But Syracuse University associate professor Sarah Pralle, who has extensively studied FEMA’s flood map determinations, said it was “particularly disturbing” that a camp in charge of the safety of so many young people would receive exemptions from basic flood regulation.
“It’s a mystery to me why they weren’t taking proactive steps to move structures away from the risk, let alone challenging what seems like a very reasonable map that shows these structures were in the 100-year flood zone,” she said."
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Increasing Flood Risk Awareness Through A Real Estate Professional Training Program
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https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/training/flood-risk.html <-- link to article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #NOAA #DigitalCoast #PinellasCounty #flood #flooding #education #risk #hazard #training #program #realestate #residential #floodzones #floodinsurance #publicsafety #loss #damage #economics #tools #analysis #information #Florida #floodrisk #investment #infrastructure #publicawareness #realtor #awareness #CommunityRatingSystem #disclosure #publicinformation #premiums #costsaving #water #hydrology #extremeweather #climatechange #naturaldisasters #coast #coastal #NOAA
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Climate Change And Crumbling Infrastructure Create A ‘Perfect Storm’ For Americans Living In Flood Zone
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https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3978721-climate-change-and-crumbling-infrastructure-create-a-perfect-storm-for-americans-living-in-flood-zones/ <-- shared article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0437-5 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping # #infrastructure #realestate #sustainability #climatechange #people #development #future #property #tax #maintenance #engineers #concrete #work #model #modeling #flood #flooding #naturalhazard #naturalhazards #naturaldisaster #river #rivercontrol #floodmapping #floodzones #weather #mitigation #floodcontrol #planning #risk #hazard #levees #levee #dam #riverside #oceanside #community #coastalcommunities #coastalengineering #coastalresilience #natural #engineered #floodplains -
#Homes in #floodzones are overvalued by billions, study finds
Failure to account for #climatechange means low-income #homeowners could see their #homevalues plunge, 10% of market value disappear in coming years, a blow for those least able to withstand ithttps://grist.org/housing/homes-in-flood-zones-are-overvalued-by-billions-study-finds/