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Societies want to build right next to the streams and rivers.
Land next to watercourses is very valuable.
This makes flood control a necessity.
As the build-up of flood plains continue, so does society's investment in flood control.
Flood proofing is an idea whose time has come.
Is increased flood intensity in urban settings the result of development?
The answer is YES.
Mitigation of floods in urban settings is accomplished through detention and retention ponds,
which seek to emulate
the hydrologic response of the predevelopment watershed.
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