In some cases, another approach is “build more resilience to flooding,” particularly in areas near flood-prone waterways, says Brett Sanders, Ph.D., F.EMI, A.M.ASCE, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Irvine. … “That could mean that you offer resources to housing and to businesses that are along the stream and that have a higher likelihood of flooding,” Sanders says. … “Another possibility is that we invest as much as we can upstream to try to slow down the water before it gets into the channel,” Sanders says. “That's an investment in green spaces, in parks, in green infrastructure — natural resources that would let water infiltrate.” Read More