If a flood is defined as a supply of water that is too large for a river channel

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If a flood is defined as a supply of water that is too large for a river channel to hold, determine whether each of the following methods of dealing with flooding is a 'prevention of' or 'adjustment to' flooding. Preventing a flood would be to keep the flood from happening, whereas an adjustment would be changes made to reduce the impact of a flood when it does occur (rather than keep it from occurring).

Write P in the blank if it is prevention.

Write A in the blank if it is adjustment.

1. Levees

2. Floodplain infrastructure regulation

3. Flood-control channels

4. Increase citizen awareness of flood risk

5. Flood-proof structures

6. Dams

7. Management of upstream drainage basin

Explanation / Answer

Preventing a flood would be to keep the flood from happening, whereas an adjustment would be changes made to reduce the impact of a flood when it does occur (rather than keep it from occurring).

HERE P for prevention.

and A for adjustment.

1. Levees ==== P

2. Floodplain infrastructure regulation ==== P

3. Flood-control channels ==== P

4. Increase citizen awareness of flood risk ====== A

5. Flood-proof structures ====== A

6. Dams===== P

7. Management of upstream drainage basin ====== P

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