Flow-through Dam for Flood Control Instruction

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Structural barriers are flood protection infrastructure used to control river floodwater flow and protect communities against costly effects of inundation. Structural barriers are typically permanent construction built at a designated point on a waterway’s path to contain water on one side of the barrier. Dams, dikes, locks and levees are common examples of such hard infrastructure. More simple

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Zoning and land development limitation is a management based adaptation approach that aims to minimize flood impacts on people and infrastructure. This approach divides urban areas into zones with varying degrees of development restrictions depending on flood-risk level. Construction or reconstruction is often prohibited in high-risk areas, for example floodplains, while in other areas

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This technological approach focuses on designing infrastructure that can withstand the impact of flooding events, resulting in minimizing socio-economic damages and effective climate change adaptation. Accommodation techniques include flood resistant designs aimed at keeping floodwater out of the structure completely, and flood resilient designs, aimed at minimizing structure restoration costs and time if it is flooded. These could include both, new designs or retrofitting existing structures.

Adaptation Response

• Reduces the occurrence or severity of floods and landslides in adjacent areas as well as downstream
• Glacier lake outburt prevention

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