Six out-of-the-box ideas for flood prevention

Report (2006)

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01-02-2006

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It is now accepted that the combination of more intense rainfall, poor planning of built-up areas, rising sea levels, coastal erosion and, in particular, higher storm surges pose a real threat to the UK and many other countries. At a meeting at the Institution of Civil Engineers held on 7 July 2003, the Government Chief Scientist Professor David King asked for 'out-of-the-box' ideas to reduce the cost of future flooding. Here are six ideas, titled as follows. • The Floodsucker • The C-Dam • Pre-emptive Cloud Seeding in Mid-Atlantic • Raising the Water Table Below Arid Regions • Erosion Control with the Great East-Anglian Barrier Reef • Increasing Cloud Albedo

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