Tag Archive for: Grantham
An author’s insight – Rising from the Flood:Moving Grantham
Future threats from naturla perils will mean not all settlements can stay where they are now. What needs to happen to enable and empower a community to want to relocate. Key lessons from the Grantham resettlement via Jamie Simmonds recently published book - provide invaluable insights on what can make it happen.
Managed Retreat from the Floodplain – Lessons from USA case studies and what it might mean for Australia?
What dos over 100 years of 30 managed retreat from the floodplain in the USA tell us? Nichols Pinter from Unibersity of California, Davis takes us on a guided historic tour of what has been possible - with both the good and the poor highlighted.