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INDIVIDUAL ADAPTATION
In many coastal areas in the U.S. suffering from frequent flooding or high risk from extreme events, a number of household have invested in increasing the freeboard of their houses by individually raising their houses. However, while this adaptation to increased frequency and levels of flooding will reduce the events that actually flood the lower floor of the raised houses, it can not reduce the impacts of the frequent loss in accessibility of the property due to the adjacent streets being increasingly flooded.
 Norfolk, VA: The house is being raised to more than 8 feet above ground. Photo: Hans-Peter Plag, July 2014. |
 Norfolk, VA: Neigbouring houses are not being raised. Photo: Hans-Peter Plag, July 2014. |
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Norfolk, VA: The house is being raised to more than 8 feet above ground. Photo: Hans-Peter Plag, July 2014. |
Norfolk, VA: Neigbouring houses are not being raised. Photo: Hans-Peter Plag, July 2014. |