Catastrophic floods can trigger human resettlement away from rivers

Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - 13:30 in Earth & Climate

A new study by researchers at Uppsala University, published in the journal Science Advances, uses satellite nighttime light data to reveal how flood protection shapes the average distance of settlements from rivers.

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