Nothing inherently wrong with building on flood plains, estuaries, swamps,
bayoux, deltas, fenlands and other wet places. It's more a question of what
gets built, how it's built, and the manner of services provided and
lifestyles catered to, which is in turn a function of what's allowed under
planning law. I would guess that an expanded range of 'waterside'
developments would be a developer's dream. Granted that these could not be
the usual converted actories or suburban tract houses, but a lower density,
lower impact style of building.
dp
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From: A forum for critical and radical geographers
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sam Kinsley
Sent: 24 July 2007 10:28
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Subject: Re: UK flooding - Housing & Population
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2) In the green paper on planning to address the serious shortfall in
housing presented to parliament yesterday there was a statement that
building new housing on flood plains is 'not ruled out':
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