How social factors impact where flood waters go

The World

Historic rains have inundated huge swaths of South Asia this monsoon season. More than 1,500 people in Pakistan alone were killed, and the government there has warned that a return to dry land could take months. Malini Ranganathan is an urban geographer at American University who studies how social factors, like money and development, can play a huge role in where water collects in cities, and who suffers from it. She speaks with host Marco Werman.

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