These two recommendations offer an important step in what will be an evolving discussion of how to respond to climate change and sea-level rise. Where we can discourage flood-prone land from being developed without laying any new burden on current residents, we simply must take that opportunity.
Press release: R Street Institute: Stop encouraging development in flood-prone regions [1]
Image credit: AC Rider [2]
Endnotes
- “R Street Institute: Stop encouraging development in flood-prone regions”: https://www.rstreet.org/2020/02/20/the-nfip-should-look-to-do-no-harm/
- “AC Rider”: https://www.shutterstock.com/g/acrider