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'Our plan worked': How Vienna prepared itself for a 5,000-year flood

Sophie Hardach

September 20, 2024 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Austria, Vienna

Vienna’s flood risk management strategy and flood defense system are critical to protecting the city as Europe experiences one of its most flood-plagued periods. They consist of a flood control channel that eases water pressure on the river and plenty of emergency drills.

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Tilling the Floodplain: How Farmers Embrace the Power of Floods

Geetanjali Krishna

September 13, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh

Farmers in Uttar Pradesh, India, are using an age-old farming practice known as flood recession farming, which involves planting crops in floodplains when water recedes, to grow crops with less water during droughts.

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A new solution for flood-prone cities? Concrete made from shellfish waste.

Ayurella Horn-Muller

August 29, 2024 |

Grist |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: England, Blackpool

Concrete mixed with shellfish waste is more porous than traditional concrete, allowing water to drain through rather than running off the surface of the pavement. The material has helped prevent flooding in places such as a community garden in Blackpool, England, which is in an area with many fish processors who can provide the needed shells for the concrete mix.

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How coastal communities are adapting to sea level rise with 'living shorelines'

Mike Digirolamo

August 27, 2024 |

Mongabay |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Maine

Coastal communities in Maine are building living shorelines to adapt to sea level rise and address erosion concerns. This nature-based solution uses native plants and materials, or even discarded holiday trees, to bolster shorelines against strong storms and higher tides. And they get stronger as nature takes its course over time.

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Can bringing back nature save our cities from floods?

Laura Bicker Jordan Dunbar

August 26, 2024 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: China

Cities and neighborhoods around the world are trying to transform into sponge cities to soak up enough rainwater to prevent flooding. They’re doing so by ripping up asphalt and concrete, replacing it with nature-based solutions like native plants and parks.

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How Asia's 5,000-year-old rice terraces are inspiring modern flood control

Xiaoying You

August 06, 2024 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Thailand, Bangkok

Architects across Asia are taking inspiration from a traditional form of agriculture called rice terraces to create flood-resilient infrastructure in cities that lack places for excess water to go. In Bangkok, for example, a university’s roof mimics the step-like design, and the water it holds is used to grow rice.

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Sundarbans Adopts 'Rooftop Farming' to Thrive Amid Cyclone Challenges

Joydeep Dasgupta

August 05, 2024 |

News Sense |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India

Farmers living near the coast in India are turning to rooftop farming as cyclones lead to flooding that makes agricultural fields unusable. The Association for Social and Humanitarian Action taught local women how to grow food in tubs or sacks with compost, and those farmers trained others.

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New funding could help Indigenous communities disproportionately impacted by climate change

Rachael Schuit

August 02, 2024 |

VNN (Verified News Network) |

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Response Location: Nooksack Indian Tribe, United States, Washington

The Nooksack Tribe and the Lummi Nation are working with farmers who are building new floodgates to ensure the systems benefit farmland and local salmon. Farmers are adding gates that protect salmon during flooding and give them safe passageways.

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After historic floods, the safety net failed small farmers

Sarah Trent

August 01, 2024 |

High Country News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Two-thirds of California’s farms are considered small, cultivating less than 50 acres, and they play a critical role in food security and climate resilience for the whole country. As climate change makes extreme weather more unpredictable, these farms have to rely on government disaster relief and crop insurance to get back on their feet.

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Hoboken's resiliency parks fight flooding but come with a big price tag

Ted Goldberg

July 12, 2024 |

NJ Spotlight |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Hoboken, New Jersey

Resiliency parks in Hoboken, New Jersey, look like typical playgrounds and basketball courts. Unlike the average park, they have discrete drains and sit on top of underground tanks that prevent flooding by holding millions of gallons of rainwater.

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