Flooding and Management of Large Fluvial Lowlands

Flooding and Management of Large Fluvial Lowlands

A Global Environmental Perspective

Hudson, Paul F.

Cambridge University Press

11/2021

348

Dura

Inglês

9780521768603

15 a 20 dias

1170

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Part I. Setting the Stage: Context and Overview of the Issue: 1. The Vulnerability of Fluvial Lowlands to Management and Environmental Change; 2. Fluvial Framework: Hydrologic and Geomorphic Processes of Large Floodplains and Deltas; 3. Human Impacts to Lowland Rivers and Deltas; Part II. Unintended Consequences: The Legacy of Impacts Caused by Traditional Flood Control to Large Rivers and Deltas: 4. The Evolution of Flood Control Systems in Response to Extreme Events: Contrast and Comparison of the Lower Mississippi and Lower Rhine; 5. The Sequence of Channel Engineering and Fluvial Geomorphic Adjustment; 6. Embanked Floodplains: The Impact of Flood Control on Lowland River Valleys; 7. Managing Flood Basins in a Challenging Environment; Part III. Solutions and the Way Forward in an Era of Global Environmental Change: 8. Integrated Flood Management; 9. Into the Future with a View of the Past; Appendix A; Appendix B; References; Index.
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