Daily Archives: June 23, 2026

Counting the Cost of Dry Feet: The Engineering Economics of Defending Belize City Against the Rain

Posted on June 23, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This paper is a companion to the preceding assessment of Belize City’s rainy-season flooding and long-term viability. Where that paper diagnosed the hazard, this one asks the harder question that follows from it: what does it actually cost to … Continue reading →

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The Rainy Season in Belize City: Storm Regimes, Rainfall Loading, Street Flooding, and the Long-Term Viability of a Sea-Level Capital-of-Commerce

Posted on June 23, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract Belize City occupies one of the more difficult sites in the Caribbean basin: a former mangrove flat at or marginally below the level of the sea, exposed to a rainy season that delivers the majority of a high annual … Continue reading →

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