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How Lax Urban Planning Led to Devastation in Houston and California

Name: How Urban Planning Made the Devastation from Hurricane Harvey and the Sonoma Wildfires So Extreme
Uploaded: 2017-10-31T19:58:15.000Z
Duration: 3 min 6 s
Description: Wildfires in Northern California have ravaged thousands of acres since they began in early October. Just two months earlier, Hurricane Harvey left a third of Houston underwater. According to urban scientists we spoke to, one main culprit is decades of unchecked urban development.

Wildfires in Northern California have ravaged thousands of acres since they began in early October. Just two months earlier, Hurricane Harvey left a third of Houston underwater. According to urban scientists we spoke to, one main culprit is decades of unchecked urban development.