Examples of 'flood defence' in a sentence

Meaning of "flood defence"

flood defence: Flood defence refers to measures, systems, structures, or actions taken to protect an area or community from the harmful effects of flooding. These defences can include barriers, dikes, dams, and other preventive strategies to minimize the impact of overflowing water

How to use "flood defence" in a sentence

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flood defence
Funding program for private flood defence.
Various flood defence measures have been put in place.
We need flood prevention as well as flood defence.
Existing flood defence structures demonstrate its downsides.
Implement temporary flood defence measures.
Two important lessons have been learned as regards flood defence.
More recently major flood defence work has been initiated.
This style is particularly favoured to aid flood defence.
Flood defence measures were simply ineffective against such a volume of water.
Flood reconstruction and flood defence.
The flood defence barrier can be rapidly deployed by one person.
Cameron promises more funds for flood defence.
The main purpose of flood defence is to safeguard the urban environment.
The arrangement is said to be particularly suitable for flood defence barriers.
Flood defence plans need to be updated to take account of these new weather conditions.

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In some cases new programmes of flood defence works will be needed.
The Environment Agency exercises a general supervision over all matters relating to flood defence.
This also goes to show that traditional flood defence methods are no longer adequate.
The flood defence consists of demountable barriers, walls and earth banks.
It is high time that this change of approach transformed our flood defence strategies.
Rapidly deployable flood defence system that can be assembled by one or two people.
It is therefore appropriate to consider a European flood defence strategy.
Water engineering, flood defence and coastal protection works.
Government Policy Paper on Medmerry coastal flood defence scheme.
Modern, engineered flood defence structures have replaced wetlands and their water storage capabilities.
River flood risk management, coastal zone flood defence and insurance.
Annual flood defence spending has fallen by 15 % under the coalition.
The DSS has been used in several flood defence projects in the United Kingdom.
The MI-SAFE package, Resources to implement nature based flood defence.
FloodBlock ™ offers complete flood defence barrier protection for the majority of scenarios.
Insurance schemes Public - private partnerships e.g. for flood defence structures.
The lock and associated flood defence structure were completed in 2009.
Major flood defence work was carried out in 2002 after a big flood.
SIPOS 5 actuator cuts flood defence costs.
The flood defence system, which is vital along the Rhine; -.
Insurance schemes Public - private partnerships ( e.g. for flood defence structures ) Microfinance schemes Flood risk mapping.
Mired in corruption allegations, the Moses flood defence project may not be completed before 2021.

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