And the only available land was either high up on the hills above the city, where the views are unrivalled but the risk of landslides ever-present, or low down on the flood plains.

现成的地只有城市之上的山冈，虽然有无与伦比的视角，但是长期以来有山体滑坡的威胁；又或者只能把房子盖到洪水泛滥的平原地区。

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The insurance industry has already warned that it may not insure new developments in flood plains if the properties were granted planning approval against Environment Agency advice.

保险业已经警告如果财产没有获得环境厅的规划批准在洪泛区的新开发可能不能保险。

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Some involve physical remedies. Flood protection demands embankments, or DAMS, or protected flood plains, or houses that rise and fall with the waters.

一些是物理补救，防洪需要堤防、大坝或受保护的洪泛区或随水涨落的房屋。

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In the aftermath of 2010 floods, UNESCO has initiated a major project "Strategic Strengthening of Flood Warning and Management Capacity of Pakistan" for upgrading the flood forecasting and early warning system, and for the risk mapping of flood plains along the Indus River, in cooperation with the government of Japan.

UNESCO: NATURAL SCIENCES

He said the government needed to consider the fact that some of the houses are planned for flood plains.

BBC: Water threat to new homes plan

During the monsoon, when the plains around the river and its tributaries flood, the habitat for fish suddenly increases by as much as ten times.

ECONOMIST: The Mekong river