In Singapore, urban trees can only do so much in flood proofing. - ST
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): How much can a forest do in mitigating floods in Singapore and what are the economic and human costs of cutting the forest down?
These may seem hard to quantify, but researchers from Nanyang Technological University's (NTU) Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) have developed a framework to evaluate the impact of nature-based solutions, such as forests, in reducing flood risk.
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