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In the next 25 years the Environmental Agency reckons up to 1 in 4 homes (a rise from 6.3m to 8m homes) will be liable to flooding (from rivers, sea or surface water) due to climate change.
Well, of course you could limit that by stop building on flood plains (which they're still doing round here) or by making estates better able to deal with flooding... less hardscaping etc.
But, what we *will* see is both more costly insurance & cover withdrawal!
h/t FT
@ChrisMayLA6
Our bronze age ancestors built in the fens - on stilts. In places where flooding was less common but still possible medieval houses were built with a raised floor and a semi basement that could be used for storage most of the time but could be emptied and allowed to flood from time to time. We seem to have lost the knack of building flood resilient housing.
@RussCheshire
@pthane @ChrisMayLA6 @RussCheshire
I have seen dwellings in parts of #SouthEastAsia which observe these rules still - one benefit from travel over the years!
@pthane@toot.wales@djr2024
Conventional UK houses are built on a concrete slab. It surely would cost to much to cast that slab 2-3 metres of the ground supported on concrete piles. Provide a concrete staircase up to it then build as normal. Most of the year it could be a car port, workspace, sheltered BBQ area, bike store etc. To be cleared when there's a flood warning. Also build a multi story car park in each housing estate with free parking on upper floors when there's a flood.
@ChrisMayLA6 @RussCheshire