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Hard engineering and soft engineering
Uses artificial structures to control flooding
Works with natural processes to manage flood risk
Artificial lakes called reservoirs
Store enormous volumes of water and generate HEP
Extremely expensive and permanently flood river valleys
Deepening or widening river channel
Increases flood risk to settlements downstream
Prevents development in flood-prone areas next to rivers
Reduces homes at risk and allows infiltration
Areas deliberately flooded to avoid flooding elsewhere
Create space for floodwater during peak flow periods
Solving flooding in one area may increase problems elsewhere
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