Commentary: Reclamation-related floods and increasingly inequitable development

June 26, 2020 2:43 am

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Coastal lands are environmental setting for aqua- and agriculture especially in islands. These are natural water filters and these mitigate the immediate and disastrous impact of high tides and tidal waves that lead massive flooding.

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