How England's broken planning system has created (not reduced) the risk of floods

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"Urban areas have been creating flood risk," writes Lee Bosher. "And this is largely due to the government’s focus on making land – low cost, flood prone land – available for development."

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Lee Bosher, Loughborough University

Reader in Disaster Risk Management at Loughborough University

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Main image: Flood waters in Fishlake, near Doncaster, England. Richard McCarthy/PA

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