1 Hamartia: Many people who discuss tragedy often mention the hero's 'fatal' or 'tragic flaw.' However, Aristotle would never accuse a hero of such a personal defect. 2  Instead, he asserted that they were guilty of hamartia, or missing the mark.
Floodplains are landscapes shaped by running water. As streams and their larger forms, rivers, flow across the surface of land, they transport eroded rock and other material. (Erosion is the gradual wearing away of Earth surfaces through the action of wind and water.)
Floodplain zoning is the a soft engineering management strategy whose aim is to reduce flood plain developement. An area or 'zone' of the floodplain is protected against to mi â¦ nimise financial loss via damage to property. This area can naturally flood, without risking damage to people or property.