How building near Edmonton's river could mean more housing — and higher flood risk

How building near Edmonton's river could mean more housing — and higher flood risk

A proposed residential project in Edmonton's river valley raises questions about the risks of building so close to the water — and whether those are worthy trade-offs in exchange for more housing.

Despite being within a floodplain, residential living is coming to the Navy Yard for the first time this fall. Will it stand up to greater rainfall and sea level rise? - Grid Magazine

A version of this story originally appeared in Hidden City in 2024 and is shared courtesy of that publication. For nearly two centuries, humans and Mother Nature have tangoed on League Island, the most southeasterly expanse of land in Philadelphia, known today as the Navy Yard. For the most part, humans have gotten the better of it. Over the centuries, engineers, sailors and industrialists turned what was once a low-lying island at the confluenc…