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For centuries, the Dutch have built higher and higher dikes to keep waters at bay in a country where 55 percent of housing is located in areas prone to flooding. But climate change has convinced them this approach will no longer work, so the country is embarking on a mammoth task of moving dozens of dikes back to make room for swelling rivers

The San Francisco Bay Area yesterday became the first region in California to pass regulations governing development in areas prone to sea-level rise.

The San Francisco Bay Area yesterday became the first region in California to pass regulations governing development in areas prone to sea-level rise. The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) voted unanimously to pass a development plan for land within 100 feet of the coastline, giving the agency a tool to deny permits for development in coastal areas susceptible to flooding.