how rethinking flood management can benefit people and nature
- Written by Christina McCabe, PhD Candidate in Interdisciplinary Ecology, University of Canterbury
Shutterstock/S WatsonWhen we think about flood management, higher stop banks, stronger levees and concrete barriers usually come to mind. But what if the best solution – for people and nature – isn’t to confine rivers, but to give them more space?
This alternative is increasingly being considered as an approach to mitigating...





