Defensive design could prevent floods
By Hicbd
Mon Jul 29 2019 1:52 pm
"When that happens, the two arms (of the Maeslantkering storm surge barrier) seal off the Rhine River and Rotterdam...Rotterdam is at the forefront of defensive design. This basketball court can hold 450,000 gallons of storm runoff. This sloping park atop a shopping center is a storm surge barrier. And this world-class rowing facility doubles as a flood reservoir...To unclog Katwijk's streets when tourists flock to the beach and to raise the height of the dunes to 25 feet above sea level, engineers built a parking garage...They are (also) lowering dikes and dams along some rivers."
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