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“Flooding is a really urgent societal problem ... water within our urban spaces”, Dr Forrest added. He cited the Netherlands, which allocates space for rivers to drain during heavy rainfall ...

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possibly by looking at solutions applied in other low-lying areas such as New York and the Netherlands. "It is important to have flood gates, but also parks designed to absorb water," she said.