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<br />Chapter 2 <br /> <br />flooding &: the Built Environment <br /> <br />Building design does not occur in a vacuum. Rather, it is <br />one of the interrelated elements in the larger sphere of <br />the development process. Likewise, development is but <br />one component of the environment a<;j a whole. An <br />understanding of these relationships is requisite to <br />reducing flood damage through design of the huilt envi. <br />ronment <br />Of primary importance is the interdependence of <br />the respective systems, natural and social. Buildings, a'l <br />part of the social system, unavoidably affect and are <br />affected by flooding, which is part of the natural system. <br />Design in general, and design to reduce flood damage in <br />particular, should respect this relationship and seek to <br />achieve a balance among the various components. <br /> <br />The Natural System <br /> <br />Floods are natural-that fact must be stressed FloO(l~ <br />become a problem only when they coincide with human <br /> <br /> <br />.'\eriaIFOl.olYdllk <br /> <br />9 <br />