Changing Climate and Houstonian Attitudes on Flooding

Nguyen, Danny

Changing Climate and Houstonian Attitudes on Flooding

dc.contributor.author	Nguyen, Danny
dc.date.accessioned	2019-07-12T16:52:36Z
dc.date.available	2019-07-12T16:52:36Z
dc.date.issued	2019-04
dc.description.abstract	Within the Houston community there have been many hurricanes and tropical storms that have hurt citizens in the past. The changing climate and Hurricane Harvey have cost Houston a great amount of property damage; some citizens right now are still struggling with the aftermath of the natural disaster. It is difficult not to look back and ask: what we could have done to reduce or prevent the damage caused by the hurricane? It is apparent that the county has thought about this - since I have seen trucks carrying dirt and working on ditches near my neighborhood for months. The community has attempted to prevent future problems by removing waste in the many ditches near my house, and they have carved up truck loads of dirt to have them transported elsewhere to make room for more flood water the next time a hurricane arrives. Rather than just making more room for rainfall, I wondered if there were other methods to prevent flooding or damage caused by flooding. By asking this question, I found that there were ideas to reduce precipitation, slowing down the runoff of water, and forestation. I will discuss three proposed solutions to the changing climate which will involve reducing precipitation, slowing runoff, and forestation.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10657/4118
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Houston	en_US
dc.subject	Hurricane Harvey	en_US
dc.subject	Flooding Mitigation	en_US
dc.subject	Houston Flood Control	en_US
dc.subject	Community	en_US
dc.subject	Houston
dc.subject	Hurricane Harvey
dc.subject	Flooding Mitigation
dc.subject	Houston Flood Control
dc.subject	Community
dc.title	Changing Climate and Houstonian Attitudes on Flooding	en_US
dc.type	Video	en_US
dc.type	Other	en_US