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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Floodway"”.
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An Improved Algorithmic Approach to Iterative Floodway Modeling using HECRAS and GIS
… the hydraulic analysis also includes modeling a floodway in detailed floodplain study areas. Floodway modeling is an iterative process in which the 1% annual chance flood discharge is restricted within a floodway without exceeding a designated increase, called the surcharge (usually 1 foot), in …
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A study of the seismic performance of the Los Angeles River floodcontrol channel during the 1994 Northridge earthquake
… analysis of the damage to the Los Angeles River Floodway System by the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. The scope of this research includes: a study of the damage to two specific sections of the L.A. River Channel, a comparison of damaged and undamaged sections of the floodway channel, an analysis to …
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Landscape vulnerability to flood impacts in a human-dominated floodplain
… due to the activation of Bird's Point-New Madrid Floodway in May 2011. The historic pre-conceived levee breach and subsequent inundation of the agricultural floodplain represents a large-scale experiment to assess vulnerability of intensively managed landscapes to extreme events. Pre-flood and …
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Restoration and Water Management in the Atchafalaya River Basin, Louisiana
… control to establish the ARB as a primary floodway of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project to a state and federal collaboration to accommodate fish and wildlife resource promotion, recreational opportunities, and economic development. While management policy has expanded to include …
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HYDRAULIC, GEOSPATIAL, AND SOCIOECONOMIC MODELING OF STRATEGIC FLOODPLAIN RECONNECTION TRADEOFFS ALONG THE LOWER TISZA RIVER (HUNGARY) AND LOWER ILLINOIS RIVER (ILLINOIS, U.S.A)
… floodplain. The decrease in the Tisza's current floodway carrying capacity has reduced the flood-protection level of the Tisza's aging levee system. Recently in Hungary, "Room for the River" policies have gained more prominence. For the first of three papers for this dissertation, I assessed …
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Once proud princes: planters and plantation culture in Louisiana's northeast Delta, from the First World War through the Great Depression
The Delta country of northeast Louisiana is a richly productive alluvial region stretching south from the Arkansas line to the confluence of the Red and Mississippi Rivers below Natchez. As the source of great cotton fortunes made during antebellum times, it reflected the Old South ideal and, for …