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Integrating Urban Expansion and Flood Risk: A Spatial Assessment of Impervious Surface Growth and Floodplain Exposure in Mecklenburg County (2011–2021)

open access: yesWorld Water Policy, Volume 12, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Urban expansion significantly impacts flood risk, particularly in rapidly growing areas where impervious surfaces exacerbate surface runoff. This study examines spatial patterns of urban growth and their effects on flood exposure in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, from 2011 to 2021.
Pegah Madadi, Azad Sadeghi
wiley   +1 more source

Manual para la construcción de vivienda en zonas de inundación en el municipio de Sucre en el Departamento de Sucre [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Trabajo de InvestigaciónEste trabajo de grado, tiene como objetivo principal, la elaboración de un manual para la construcción de un prototipo de vivienda planteado para las zonas de inundación del municipio de Sucre – Sucre.
Carrillo-Pineda, Andrés Javier   +1 more
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The impact of political attention on collaborative environmental governance among municipal street‐level bureaucrats

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, Volume 53, Issue 4, Page 852-875, November 2025.
Abstract Collaboration in governing complex environmental challenges is the norm. However, collaboration does not necessarily deliver desirable outcomes, and the importance of forming collaborative networks that effectively address the challenges at hand has been emphasized in theory and practice.
Per Becker, Örjan Bodin
wiley   +1 more source

Desarrollo de un indicador para el seguimiento de los niveles de inundación en humedales Mediterráneos [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Los humedales representan ecosistemas sensibles que son objeto de amenazas antropogénicas. En las últimas décadas, los humedales costeros en el Mediterráneo han sufrido presiones considerables por el crecimiento urbano y la intensificación de prácticas
Abdul-Malak, Dania   +4 more
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Expert perceptions regarding the effectiveness and feasibility of nature‐based solutions for climate change adaptation in a large Mediterranean Basin

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 10, Page 2511-2531, October 2025.
Abstract Floods and droughts are becoming increasingly frequent and intense in the Mediterranean region. Nature‐based solutions (NBS) are being put forward as cost‐effective solutions for climate change adaptation to reduce the impacts of floods and droughts and provide multiple other benefits and ecosystem services.
Raquel Luján Soto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feeding Biology of Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris Melanotos (Birds: Scolopacidae) In the Floodplain of the Paraná River, Argentina [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This study focuses upon the nourishing biology of the Pectoral Sandpiper at the floodplain of the Paraná river during  spring and summer. Trophic spectrum, feeding selectivity and efficiency, extent of the trophic niche, circadian rhythm of feeding ...
Bagnarol, Mónica   +4 more
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Water‐saving strategies in rice farming entail cascading effects in prey–predator interactions across ecosystem boundaries

open access: yesJournal of Applied Ecology, Volume 62, Issue 9, Page 2273-2282, September 2025.
These results show that introducing multiple drainage periods in rice fields (i.e. AWD) indirectly hampers terrestrial spider reproduction through limiting the emergence of potential preys from the aquatic to terrestrial boundaries. MSD resulted in a more conciliatory strategy as it largely reduces methane emissions and does not affect predator–prey ...
Néstor Pérez‐Méndez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sistema de ayuda a la decisión para la gestión hidrológica del río Guayas

open access: yesTecnología y ciencias del agua
La cuenca del río Guayas en Ecuador es la más grande en la vertiente Pacífico de Suramérica, con un área de 34 500 km2 (12.57 % del territorio nacional).
José María Campo-Carrera   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapa Nacional de Índice de Inundación

open access: yesTecnología y ciencias del agua, 2010
Las inundaciones están asociadas con diversos factores como: 1) desbordamiento de ríos; 2) inundaciones súbitas, 3) mareas altas asociadas con huracanes, y 4) rompimiento de estructuras de control.
Edgar Misael Uribe-Alcántara   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of institutional effectiveness to floods in Totana´s town (Murcia) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Las herramientas de ordenación territorial constituyen el primer sistema defensivo ante los riesgos de inundación con menor impacto sobre el entorno y coste económico para salvaguardar la integridad de las personas.
López Martínez, Francisco
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