Dams built to prevent coastal flooding can worsen it
Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA, find dams built to prevent coastal flooding can worsen it by amplifying storm surges inland due to estuary shape.
Passive self-closing flood barrier uses floodwater to raise it into position
From Superinnovators 01/12/23 Dutch company Hyflo manufactures a patented Self Closing Flood Barrier system that uses floodwater and buoyancy to raise it in to position – once the water has gone the barrier descends back into the ground. One of the earliest deployments was in 1999 at a pharmaceutical factory in Netherlands, with Hyflo established […]