#344 Networks Under Water: Transport, Flooding and Resilience

18/09/2025 31 min
#344 Networks Under Water: Transport, Flooding and Resilience

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Episode Synopsis

When flooding happens, damage and disruption ripples out across assets and infrastructure. Private businesses and homeowners can insure themselves against direct damages to buildings. But the impacts on the local economy go much further: debris can block transport networks, causing businesses to fail and reducing tax revenues, at a time when increased local government spending...
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