After the Floods: The Search for Resilience in Ellicott City

by Ken Conca

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197788076
• ISBN13: 9780197788073
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"