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-time accumulated rainfall, the flooding history, rainfall range causing flooding from previous rainfall information and frequency …
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patterns around the world, and as a consequence, flood risk is increasing rapidly. When flooding occurs, earth buildings are … decrease of the suction between particles. This study investigated the effect of cycles of flooding (consecutive events of … flooding followed by dry periods) on earth walls. A series of characterization tests were carried out to obtain the physical …
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While the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada, provides guidelines for flood risk management, it is local governments’ responsibility to delineate their own flood vulnerability, assess their risk, and integrate these with planning policies to implement adaptive action. However, barriers...
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winter months. However, these pond water sources are highly vulnerable to climate change induced hazards, including flooding …, drought, salinity intrusion, cyclone and storm surges, erratic rainfall patterns and variations in temperature. Cyclone Sidr …
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Using respective strengths of the biological, physical, and social sciences, we are developing an online decision support tool, the Santa Cruz Watershed Ecosystem Portfolio Model (SCWEPM), to help promote the use of information relevant to water allocation and land management in a binational...
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for, and respond to drought. Some of those efforts are beginning to shift from purely reactive, relief-oriented measures … to programs designed to prevent or to mitigate drought impacts. Considerably less attention has been given to laws that … may affect practices and policies that either increase or decrease drought vulnerability. Water law regimes, drought …
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should give considerable attention to the generation, development and extension of drought (all major food crops) and flood …
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