Expanding Paved Areas Has an Outsize Effect on Urban Flooding

Share this on WhatsApp Blockbuster flooding events such as Hurricane Harvey grab headlines, but urban flooding is a routine—and growing—problem: in a 2018 report, 83 percent of municipal stormwater and flood managers surveyed in the U.S. reported such inundation in their areas. Though heavier downpours fueled by climate change are a factor, the expansion of … Continue reading Expanding Paved Areas Has an Outsize Effect on Urban Flooding