are saying, space if possible is to be given back to rivers to allow them to expand, to extend. is it possible to live in a flood risk area? because obviously there is a lot of focus on architecture, on how you build flood houses suitable for flood plains and so forth? yes. you build flood houses suitable for flood plains and so forth?- flood plains and so forth? yes, i suppose - flood plains and so forth? yes, i suppose- lt s flood plains and so forth? yes, i suppose. it s interesting. i flood plains and so forth? yes, i. suppose. it s interesting. where i am sitting on my my house is at 2 metres below sea level, but i m on the first floor so nothing to worry about. in a sense, you would think i am in a flood risk area. but, of course, i live in this area because i think that we have managed to floods to an acceptable level, the floods to an acceptable level, the flood risk to an acceptable level. i think that is an important dimension, the question of what is acceptable? in so
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residents, the new building code requirements were walked back with local building requirements barely inching above the state s. one floodplain management consultant told the miami herald that it was hard to watch a community that learned the hard way and made the right decisions, suddenly back pedal because their memory became so short. the fact is that too many homes are built in harm s way. there should be clear disincentives to build in flood plains, drought-prone areas and wildfire zones. until now, it hasn t been politically viable to tell communities not to rebuild after such trauma. but taxpayers may soon tire of footing the bill as storms grow stronger, wetter, and more destructive. costs will only continue to rise with sea levels. climate change is here, and it s already doing big damage. we need to adapt to this new reality before the bills get even bigger and more frequent.
are swollen. although flood plains are filling up and doing thejob, with river levels rising tomorrow could bring more disruption. iam standing i am standing in camden right now and you can see a pothole, it is about six foot long and it takes up quite a large part of this bit of the road. we know that it has caused lots of problems for drivers but also foot cyclist. it is one of many thousands of potholes across london. we will have a chat with someone who is no fan of potholes, let s talk to paul. paul, what kind of impact of potholes have a new?