Designing for Flood Resilience in a Wetter World
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Fire, Floods, COVID 19, what can we expect to happen next and how can we be ready for it? Over the next 6 episodes we have put together the 'Users Guide to the Future'. Starting with the future of rain, heavier rain, causing coastal erosion and floods. How can we prepare to meet these risks - to keep ourselves and homes safe? We listened to some of the world's leading climate scientists - including Australian of the Year Tim Flannery - to learn all about the future of precipitation, then spoke with a leading architect on how to make our homes resilient in floods - and even a storm surge! See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.
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