Two studies were conducted about flooding and local knowledge/perspective. The first included a survey that collected information from the Houston Fire Department about flood prone areas and compared that individual knowledge to larger flood models. The project team found that firefighters were very knowledgeable about the location of flooding. The second survey solicited opinions about the city’s Storm Water Action Team interventions in various communities. The findings of both surveys were shared with the city in early March 2020.
What are the biggest problems facing Houston? What tools do we have to solve them? Rice University and the City of Houston have joined forces to create Houston Solutions Lab, building on other recent efforts to bring together research and policy to help answer those questions.