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In 2004 a new regulation Technical Advice Note 15 (or TAN 15) to reduce the amount of development in flood risk areas was passed by the government.
Lindsay Frost, of Lewes District Council in East Sussex, points out that banning development on flood plains could lead to the decline of settlements already situated on them.
So the needs of the economy and social provision have to be balanced against the danger of creating new problems for the future by allowing further development on flood plains.
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Yet while flood events may not be increasing in frequency or intensity, devastating consequences will predictably become worse so long as urban development continues to expand into flood plains.
And also a consequence of that development itself changes the flood risk up and down the stream so there is a two-fold risk.
But it wouldn't just be an airport - the ambitious plans for a Thames Hub would bring together rail, freight logistics, aviation, energy and its transmission, flood protection as well as regional development.
Too much federal cash for reconstruction will encourage yet more development along the hurricane- and flood-prone Gulf coast.
The development followed deluges that prompted weather and flood warnings over many parts of Britain at the weekend.
This can include clearing drains, improving storm barriers and coastal defences, or putting in place planning regulations to discourage development in high-risk areas such as flood plains.
Flood, 22, was first spotted by Fletcher, then a youth development officer, when he was just 11.
Scientists have gone ahead and started to map sea-level-rise scenarios in New Jersey, New York City and flood-prone communities along the Gulf of Mexico to help guide local development and planning.
The council received 16 letters objecting to the development - mainly about road access to the site and developing on a flood plain - and 128 letters in support.
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The first stage of the development will include extensive work to waterways, including the construction of river walls and flood defence walls.
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