Floods Challenging Our Future
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Floods Challenging Our Future

Season 1
Megacities like New York and Bangkok are threatened by a series of unusual phenomena subsidence of soils rising sea levels and increasing frequency of extreme climatic events and urbanization All of these lead to an increase in floods Considering that science can anticipate dangers and suggest protections why do such disasters occur so often Can they be avoided
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Quandaries in Engineering

    51min
    TV-14
    This episode highlights the many reasons floods are such a growing threat to our planet and describes the engineering and technological challenges already at work in megacities like Shanghai Tokyo NYC and Florida
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  2. S1 E2 - Urban Resilience

    50min
    TV-14
    This episode focuses on the notion of urban resilience in all its facets visiting the trailblazer initiatives in this field around the world including New York City USA and Hamburg Germany
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