Nature can help save us from flooding

Nature can help save us from flooding
Former swamp Te Auaunga (Oakley Creek) has been channelled and planted to protect from flooding. (Image: Auckland Council/Jay Farnsworth)
Dean Spicer
In a warmer world, the risk to infrastructure has increased and so has the cost of maintaining it. That’s why we need to be smart about how and where we rebuild after events like floods.For our transport, water and communication systems to deliver value for generations to come, they must be cost-effective and durable.Rather than building back bigger and stronger – often our first response – we need to think more about long-term resilience.Instead of fighting against nature, which can be futile, we must work with it, facto...

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