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Integrated washland management for flood defence and biodiversity [PDF]

, 2003
A combination of reform of agricultural policy, changing priorities in the countryside, growing commitment to protect and enhance biodiversity, and concerns about increased flood risk in lowlands have drawn attention to the potential contribution that
Bannister, N., Gowing, D. J., Hess, Tim M., Leeds-Harrison, Peter B., Morris, Joe, Vivash, R. M., Wade, M.   +6 more
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Assessing the Risk of 100-year Freshwater Floods in the Lamprey River Watershed of New Hampshire Resulting from Changes in Climate and Land Use [PDF]

, 2013
What is the coastal resource issue the project sought to address? Both the magnitude and frequency of freshwater flooding is on the rise in seacoast NH and around much of New England.
Miller, Steve, Peterson, Julia, Roseen, Robert, Rubin, Fay, Scholz, Ann, Simpson, Michael, Sinnott, Cliff, Townson, Lisa, Wake, Cameron P.   +8 more
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Increasing urban flood resilience through public participation: A case study of Tuti Island in Khartoum, Sudan

Journal of Flood Risk Management
Over the past 30 years, Sudan has experienced several severe floods which have caused loss of life and significant damage to property. The frequency and intensity of floods in Sudan are predicted to increase as a result of climate change.
Samah Abdel Rhman Mohammed Ahmed Tambal, Hanan Mohamed Hassan Elsawahli, Eltayeb Ibrahim Elmadih Ibrahim, Darren Lumbroso   +3 more
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Pengetahuan Dan Kesiapsiagaan Masyarakat Menghadapi Bencana Banjir Di Bolapapu Kecamatan Kulawi Sigi Sulawesi Tengah [PDF]

, 2013
Preparedness in facing the flood helps the community in forming and planning actions that need to do when flood happen. This research aims to obtain a knowledge description and community preparedness in facing flood disaster in Bolapapu Village Kulawi ...
Umar, N. (Nurlailah)
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Future Climate Change Assessment in Flood Risk Management: A Synthesis of Practices in Germany and the BeNeLux Countries

Journal of Flood Risk Management
Climate change, with its links to an intensified water cycle, heavier rainfall, and potentially higher flood peaks, raises concerns about the adequacy of current flood risk management.
Elena Macdonald, Bruno Merz, Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts, Benjamin Dewals, Jaap C. J. Kwadijk, Kymo Slager, Patrick Willems, Davide Zoccatelli, Sergiy Vorogushyn   +8 more
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Source control SUDS delivery on a global scale and in Scotland including approach by responsible organisations and professional groups [PDF]

, 2013
Background to researchThe Sustainable Urban Drainage Scottish Working Party via CREW commissioned this work on the implementation of source control for SUDS in Scotland.
Berwick, Neil, D'Arcy, Brian, Duffy, Alison, Jose, Roshni, Wade, Rebecca   +4 more
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Technical design [PDF]

, 2013
To convert Bergenmeersen from a flood control area (FCA) to a flood control area with controlled reduced tide (FCA-CRT), the existing dykes were modified and a new inlet and outlet construction was built.
Boone, C., Decleyre, D., Moeskops, S., Peeters, P., Van Looveren, R.   +4 more
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Flood Frequency Estimation in Northern Sparse Data Regions: Completion Report [PDF]

, 1974
The primary objective of this project was to complete development of an arctic hydrologic model and to evaluate its usefulness in generating information useful for a design tool in estimation of peak flow discharges.
Carlson, Robert F., Fox, Patricia
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Tracing design flood hydrograph uncertainty in reservoir flood control system

, 2020
Flood data observed at AnKang station.
openaire   +1 more source

Floods and New Housing Design Theory to Sustain and Reduce Hazards (A Scientific Strategy)

Geofluids
Vulnerability is a key concept in flood hazard studies, especially concerning the damage to people, infrastructure, and housing. This article focuses on reducing housing vulnerability not only by managing floods at their source but also by introducing ...
Ebrahim Moghimi, Thomas Glade, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Himan Shahabi   +3 more
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