Thailand: Super-canal may prevent floods

According to CNN, Thai authorities are considering the construction of a super-express waterway through Bangkok to prevent future floods. A team of disaster experts from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok is now investigating permanent solutions to the disaster that has left hundreds dead. The university team is also looking at other flood-prevention measures such as a better early-warning system, improved water resource management, a flood tax, the use of a flood-risk map for urban development and groundwater-use controls.