At risk from rising seas, Norfolk, Virginia, plans massive, controversial floodwall
At risk from rising seas, Norfolk, Virginia, plans massive, controversial floodwall
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Thus solving the problem once and for all!!!
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For areas where the geology allows seawalls, and there is a large developed area at low elevation, it's sometimes possible to buy a century worth of use of that area. Can be worthwhile as an adaptation measure, even if it's not a solution.
We're going to be doing a lot of adapting thanks to the damage already done.
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We did it!
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rest of the world – houses in flood zones built up on stilts
US – “Build a wall!” -
What a shitshow of a project. Nearby towns Virginia Beach and Newport News have significantly better flood management and city planning around the water levels. Yet Norfolk is the most populous. Lol. And this wall isn't gonna solve existing problems. Lol. Bet a military contractor is gonna build it, too.
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According to the article, the floodwall is mainly for catastrophic floods, and won't safeguard against neighborhood floods that occur "just about every time it rains". It will also be positioned mainly to protect areas with high property values, leaving out areas with lower property values that were historically affected by redlining.
"The only thing we value is value". The way they conflate "value" and "monetary price" is frustrating.