First, we must adapt our existing systems to the new climate, adding more robust power and cooling systems, redeveloping almost all of our agricultural processes, building new levees and barrier islands, clearing flood plains of development and resettling affected businesses and families.
Travelers who retrace the Silk Road in Xinjiang find that despite the flood of economic development, much of this remote province remains a world apart from China.
How to keep up with the flood of Olympic developments, especially while you're watching the television?
But 30 St Mary Axe proved to be the thin end of a Gherkin-shaped wedge, and although Foster and Partners' creation may have persuaded by its structural innovations and chic, minimalist lines, it opened the gates for a flood of new developments, each with its own fanciful nickname.
About half of the CHDSS area belongs to the low-lying area, and people living there have poorer conditions compared to the non-low-lying area in terms of employment, access to health facilities, educational institutions and markets, exposure to flash floods, and presence of development organizations like nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) (Hanifi et al. 2010).
The people residing in the low-lying area have poorer characteristics in terms of occupation, ownership of modern communication devices, access to educational institutions, markets, exposure to flash floods, and presence of development organizations like non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
However, the desirable elongation response to flooding is dependent on the flood type and stage of development.
River flow simulation is significant for planning and management of catchment area, evaluation of risk and control of droughts, floods, development of water resources, production of hydroelectric energy, navigation planning and allocation of water for agriculture (Khatibi et al. 2012).
Societal and cultural change is occurring at a dramatic and increasingly rapid rate, influenced by a flood of westernized positions of development.
In recent years, substantial efforts are being made to improve this complex situation of observing, mapping, and modeling flood processes, both in terms of flood model development and remote sensing, particularly satellite platforms.
