Resilient landscaping can reduce urban flooding - NIC

600,000 properties face future flooding without action to reduce surface run-off and improve drainage systems

Stricter controls on new property developments alongside up to £12bn of investment in drainage infrastructure over the next 30 years will be necessary to stop thousands more homes and businesses from flooding due to inadequate drainage, states a new report by the National Infrastructure Commission.

Localised floods across England last month alongside a series of major flooding incidents in London in 2021 – which affected 1,500 properties and disrupted healthcare and transport...

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