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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"floodplain management"”.
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Critical Review of Inundation Mapping Procedures for Floodplain Management
Inundation mapping is a major component of floodplain management, providing critical information as to the consequences of potential failures of flood control structures, such as dams. To develop inundation maps, a dam and river system are modeled with engineering computer programs, and a …
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Model Development and Incorporation of GIS Tools for Floodplain Management
Floodplain management consists of efforts to reduce flood damage to critical infrastructure and to protect the life and health of individuals from flooding. A major component of this effort is the monitoring of flood control structures such as dams because the potential failure of these structures …
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Floodplain Resource Management: An Economic Analysis of *Policy Issues in Bangladesh
… dissertation investigates the tradeoffs between floodplain agriculture and fisheries production in the Brahmaputra river basin of Bangladesh, where both sectors are simultaneously affected by floodplain development policies. Our goal is to study the impact of development policies on these two …
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The Waimakariri River and its environment: frequency analysis of extreme events and the effects of flow modifications
… period of extreme events is crucial for water management and planning. Frequency analysis uses the stochastic nature of these extreme events as a basic concept to account for uncertainty by describing the expected occurrence of floods and droughts. While frequency estimates for the Waimakariri …
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Landscape vulnerability to flood impacts in a human-dominated floodplain
The variable flood regime of a natural floodplain supports a variety of vegetation and habitat niches and regenerates the landscape through erosion and deposition. However, flooding of human-dominated landscapes are termed ``natural disasters'' due to potential devastating impacts such as the loss …
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Environmentally-sensitive river management : assessment and mitigation of impacts on urban rivers
… the impacts at the levels of the catchment, floodplain and river channel. The present cycle of degradation of urban rivers in the Cape Metropolitan Area (and elsewhere) can be halted. In addition, where degradation has already occurred, mitigation and rehabilitation are possible and could …
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Flood Modeling and Community Engagement in Giles County, Virginia
… in-land floods. They are more likely to live in floodplains and have less socioeconomic mobility. This thesis takes a two-pronged approach to evaluating flood risk. First, a flood risk model that identifies areas of high runoff in Giles County, Virginia was developed. The model accounts for land …
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From Ideas to Actions: Hazard Mitigation Policy Adoption—Analysis of Floodplain Property Buyout Program
… Among the various flood mitigation strategies, floodplain property buyout programs have garnered attention. However, there is limited research that examines the factors influencing the adoption of buyout programs at the local government level from a government perspective. This dissertation …
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A Data Fusion Framework for Floodplain Analysis using GIS and Remotely Sensed Data
… could contribute to the complex problem of flood management by providing an efficient way to revise the National Flood Insurance Program maps.