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Title: BUILDING ON FLOODPLAINS INCREASES HAZARD
Caption: Development that encroaches on the floodplain reduces the space available for floodwater and can increase the heights of subsequent floods. (From Water Resources Council. 1971. Regulation of flood hazard areas, vol. 1)
Keywords: streams, rivers, water, floods, flooding, floodplains, urbanization