Monday, January 10, 2011

7 Weeks Infant Green Phlegm

flood protection - a political perennial

at regular intervals is discussed in the Cantonal Council of flood protection and river rehabilitation projects. Today, this fits well into the program so far, because right now daily reports on the floods in Germany and Australia.

is not in dispute only the fact that the flood and in particular the flood damage in recent years have increased. a consensus to find should be how to deal with this increase, but at the moment seems not to be possible. are too great resistance from the EDU, FDP and SVP of financial and rural considerations. In the meantime, is among experts generally agreed that a break for a successful flood control to flood peak needs. This means that it takes for the water retention areas. They need space and even in some cases crop land which is now managed by farmers. The preservation of sufficient crop rotation is a commonly accepted goal. But if the farmers flood protection measures prevent the reference to the conservation of crop rotation, the true threat to these areas will disappear. They disappear because we have not yet been able to limit the consumption of land for new houses and roads. When every second m2 vanishes in Switzerland, it is not the flood protection is responsible, but our ever greater space requirements for settlements. The willingness of the farmers against this threat to their soil to act is very low. But this is not surprising, because the construction of houses on agricultural land is much more lucrative than any agricultural activity. The compensation for land used for new flood protection, however, low as they are based on the value of agricultural land. As problematic the necessary expropriations for individual farmers may be, the arguments of the farmer lobby is not quite honest.

particular interest is the plea for funding. As is confronted with the question of whether we prefer to avoid the cause, prevention of damage or want to pay the same and also the question of whether to participate in the financing or all of which are to pay for those affected. These are interesting questions that will gain in importance in the future. Put simply, can be found four reasons for die Zunahme der Schäden verantwortlich machen. Zuerst einmal stehen immer höhere Werte in den gefährdeten Gebieten.   Die einfachste Lösung wäre zugleich die radikalste, aber auch unrealistischste: alle Häuser, Menschen und Infrastrukturen werden aus den gefährdeten Zonen entfernt.   Die weiteren Ursachen sind die zunehmende Versiegelung des Bodens, die Drainage ehemaliger Feuchtgebiete, welche wie ein Schwamm Wasser speichern und langsamer abfliessen lassen und die globalen Klimaveränderungen, wodurch die Starkniederschläge häufiger und stärker werden. Insbesondere wegen der letztgenannten Ursache, sind die Fragen der Finanzierung bedeutend. Wenn die klimatischen Changes are stronger to face these questions not only for flood protection, but for all natural hazards and also increasingly in the future forest fires. At the moment, with the solutions proposed in flood protection for millions who will spend the public for the protection of relatively densely populated areas. But what about when it comes to billions throughout Switzerland and to some sparsely populated areas?

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