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Referring to examples, explain why sustainable solutions to flood control are increasingly preferred to hard engineering.
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Referring to examples, explain why sustainable solutions to flood control are increasingly preferred to hard engineering There are a number of reasons why sustainable answers to flood control, or soft engineering, are preferred better than hard engineering, in other words, non-sustainable methods. Firstly these terms need to be stated. Sustainability is when improving it for the present, but also to create a better environment for the future generations as well carries out development. Soft engineering is when people try to work with the environment by using ecological materials. This is so there is minimal impact on the environment. These methods try to create a balance by using more natural resources. Hard engineering is the opposite, as it uses resources like concrete, and it does not provide a sustainable environment for the future. A case study of where hard engineering has been used is the River Mississippi. This river has had extensive...
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