{"id":7401,"date":"2019-07-07T14:59:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T19:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/?p=7401"},"modified":"2019-07-07T14:59:49","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T19:59:49","slug":"resilient-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.savebuffalobayou.org\/?p=7401","title":{"rendered":"Resilient Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Houston, Development Must Think outside the Floodplains, Advocates Say <\/strong><\/h3>\n

By Emma Whalen, Community Impact<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Part of a series<\/em><\/p>\n

July 4, 2019<\/p>\n

As new development regulations in Houston attempt to offset the effects of more frequent heavy storms, some advocates and researchers say targeting the area\u2019s urban sprawl will do more to reduce those at risk than limiting the amount of development in the city\u2019s core.<\/p>\n

….<\/p>\n

Researchers, including Shelton, said approaching development regulations from a watershed level rather than a jurisdictional level would make it easier to manage stormwater runoff\u00a0across Houston and its suburbs and would reduce the strain downstream on bayous and tributaries. This approach also calls for more dense development on existing property rather than converting open land into new subdivisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to be redeveloping decrepit commercial districts [outside of flood plains] that would be suitable for multi-use residential and commercial,\u201d said Susan Chadwick, director of nonprofit Save Buffalo Bayou. \u201cLook at all those strip malls all the way up North Shepherd.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moving water through the city more effectively relies on less development upstream as well as more green space surrounding the bayous\u2019 flood plains. This could be aided by the Houston Parks Board\u2019s Bayou Greenways 2020 initiative, which focuses on adding parks and trails along the city\u2019s bayous.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not against development,\u201d Chadwick said. \u201cIt should just be intelligent development.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the rest of this article in the Community Impact<\/em> newspaper.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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