The diagrams below show how houses can be protected in areas which are prone to flooding. Write a report for a university, lecturer describing the information shown below.

The graphs elucidate solutions for houses in flooding-affected areas under different situations.

Overall

, different methods are applied based on whether a

stopbank

is located on the riverside or not. No matter what, houses in flooding areas are expected to raise their floor

level

above the ground to prevent potential hazards. The region with a

stopbank

, which consists of three parts including the berm facing

to

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the river and the floodgate close to the inner land,

along with

it, the

stopbank

which is above the maximum flood

level

within 100

year

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. It could deter river water from fluxing in,

however

, the rainwater from the other side of higher land will cause internal pounding.

On the other hand

, when there is no

stopbank

, buildings in

such

areas are expected to directly encounter the influence of flooding. In both suggestions, the floor

level

of those houses should be 300 mm above the flooding or pounding

level

.