by Maureen Purcell | Dec 23, 2024 | Flood, Media, Press Coverage, Research
In a response to increased and more hazardous flood events in recent years, Dr. Brett Sanders, Blum Center flood risk researcher, and several co-authors published a commentary article in the journal Earth’s Future, a publication of the American Geophysical...
by Maureen Purcell | Sep 18, 2024 | Flood, Media, Press Coverage
How do local planners and government agencies make decisions to prevent flood damage in their communities when the existing data might not be accurate any more? Dr. Brett Sanders, flood researcher with the Blum Center, offers some insight into this critical question...
by Maureen Purcell | Aug 20, 2024 | Flood, Press Coverage, Research
Blum Center flood expert Dr. Brett Sanders co-authored a recent article in Nature Communications exploring a novel technique for understanding floods in cities. The team applied a new analytical approach, borrowed from physics, to understand flood hazard variation...
by Maureen Purcell | Aug 13, 2024 | Flood, Press Coverage, Research
Dr. Brett Sanders, Blum Center flood expert, and his team of engineers at UCI have been featured in a recent LAist article for their work on developing an updated and more nuanced model of flood risk for Los Angeles. The model, called PRIMo-Drain, accounts for more...
by Maureen Purcell | Jul 18, 2024 | Flood, Media, Press Coverage, Research
Elected officials and experts recently gathered to discuss California’s beach problem – the coastline is threatened by climate change, sea level rise, and erosions. Another major factor in our coastal woes – poor infrastructure design, says Blum...
by Maureen Purcell | Jul 3, 2024 | Flood, Press Coverage, Research
Blum Center flood and erosion expert, Dr. Brett Sanders spoke on several, perhaps lesser publicly understood influences on California beaches. He highlighted the role of rivers in providing sediment to beaches – if sediment which would have naturally eroded and...
