Flood Mitigation Through Reinforcing Riparian Buffers

Authors

Lauren Marshall, Binghamton University--SUNY
Arianna Edwards, Binghamton University--SUNY
Taylor Block, Binghamton University--SUNY
Natalie Stanton, Binghamton University--SUNY

Publication Date

2024

Document Type

Book

Description

The City of Binghamton and Town of Conklin contain many communities within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) floodplain map for massive 100- and 500-year events. Damage from flooded river banks has devastated infrastructure and countless homes in the Greater Binghamton Area over the past few decades. Anthropogenic global climate change is expected to increase both the frequency and severity of these massive flooding events, leaving Susquehanna River flooding as a looming and increasingly potent threat to the Greater Binghamton community. This project aims to mitigate the extent of future flood events in the Greater Binghamton Area through the implementation of natural riparian buffers and the removal of invasive species at sites along the Susquehanna River.

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Recommended Citation

Marshall, Lauren; Edwards, Arianna; Block, Taylor; and Stanton, Natalie, "Flood Mitigation Through Reinforcing Riparian Buffers" (2024). Research Days Posters 2024. 131.
https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2024/131