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A city only has so much funding available to support flood mitigation projects, so they often have to prioritize which communities to aid. What sorts of neighborhoods are prioritized and why? Crestwood-Glen Cove, a suburb next to Memorial Park in Houston Imagine Harris County has a $50 million budget to build flood mitigation infrastructure this year, but two different neighborhoods need it immediately. Neighborhood A (River Oaks) has 10 large homes that are at risk of floodi

Right now, Houston spends a lot of money after a storm hits to repair damage. What can the city do to save that money and prevent such damage from happening in the first place? Flooding in the urban area of Houston after Hurricane Harvey There are two major types of spending used to address the destruction inextricably linked with the type of heavy storms that Houston is prone to: proactive and reactive. If you buy a phone case for $40 to prevent your screen shattering from a