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One small town, two "thousand-year floods" in the span of two years: how does a community become resilient in the face of the ever-increasing risks of climate change?
Small towns across America and around the world face mounting challenges with flood risk, a result of not only climate change but also poorly adapted landscapes, sprawl, overdevelopment and poor planning. After the Floods is about Ellicott City, a small town in central Maryland that experienced two devastating flash floods just 22 months apart. Despite the town's many advantages—wealth, access to expertise, a mobilized community, and a stout identity steeped in 250 years of history—Ellicott City found itself mired in a deeply divisive argument over what to do in the aftermath. As a resident, Ken Conca bore firsthand witness to the conflict that took root when the flood waters receded.
While this book is about one residential suburb, the dilemmas that it faces over how to adapt to climate change are coming soon to a small town near you. On one level a story about re-engineering a landscape, After the Floods ultimately grapples with uncertainty over local history, justice, democracy, and identity. What can we know about future risks to our communities? What is the meaning of place and history when preservation goals come into conflict with flood protection? What should we protect? Who gets to speak for the community? In Ellicott City's search for answers, we can find important lessons for other small communities that must begin preparing for future climate risks.
Contents
Foreword
List of figures and tables
List of abbreviations
Sources for chapter epigraphs
Chapter One: A Flood of Questions
Chapter Two: Life in the Floodplain: Risk, Recovery, Recurrence
Chapter Three: Before the Flood: Uncertainty and Controversy in Managing Flood Risk
Chapter Four: The First Flood
Chapter Five: After the First Flood: Master-planning a Watershed
Chapter Six: The Second Flood
Chapter Seven: After the Second Flood: Tear It Down or Safe and Sound?
Chapter Eight: Development and its Discontents
Chapter Nine: The Master Plan
Chapter Ten: Before the Next Flood: Lessons from Ellicott City
Chapter Eleven: New Lives for Old Towns: Preparing for the Difficult Conversation
