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Flood Hazard Index Application in Arid Catchments: Case of the TaguenitWadi Watershed, Lakhssas, Morocco
(2022)
During the last decade, climate change has generated extreme rainfall events triggering flash
floods in short periods worldwide. The delimitation of flood zones by detailed mapping generally
makes it possible to avoid ...
Determination of droughts and high floods of the Bermejo River (Argentina) based on documentary evidence (17th to 20th century)
(Elsevier Science, 2015-09)
This study reconstructs a series of droughts and high flow volumes of the Bermejo River from the 17th to 20th century based on a content analysis of historic documentary evidence, which is calibrated with instrumental ...
A paleo-hydro-geomorphological perspective on urban flood risk assessment
(2019)
Comprehensive flood risk assessment requires enhanced understanding of the coevolution of the river and its floodplain occupation. Paleoflood analysis to determine flood prone areas in combination with numerical simulations ...
Food system vulnerability amidst the extreme 2010-2011 flooding in the Peruvian Amazon: a case study from the Ucayali region
(Springer, 2016)
Projections of climate change indicate an increase in the frequency and intensity of climatic hazards such as flooding and droughts, increasing the importance of understanding community vulnerability to extreme hydrological ...
MODELS FOR SPATIALIZATION AND FORECASTING OF FLOODED AREAS IN THE SÃO SEBASTIÃO DO CAÍ URBAN ZONE, RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE, BRAZIL
(Instituto de Geociências /Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 2011)
Estudo e cadastro de áreas de risco de inundação na área urbana do município de Restinga Sêca - RS
(Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrasilGeografiaUFSMPrograma de Pós-Graduação em GeografiaCentro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, 2017-08-28)
Occupying areas naturally prone to adverse events, such as floods, may have negative
impacts on the economy and social problems for the affected population. This is a problem of
the municipality of Restinga Sêca located ...
The October 1891 Cartago (Costa Rica) floods from documentary sources and 20CR data
(2018)
This work comes to fill a fundamental gap in the history of Central American extreme climatic events by putting together qualitative and quantitative historical data and reanalysis information (the 20CR project) for the ...
The October 1891 Cartago (Costa Rica) floods from documentary sources and 20CR data
(2018)
This work comes to fill a fundamental gap in the history of Central American extreme climatic events by putting together qualitative and quantitative historical data and reanalysis information (the 20CR project) for the ...
Effects of extreme floods on macroinvertebrate assemblages in tributaries to the Mohawk River, New York, USA
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2017-09)
Climate change is forecast to bring more frequent and intense precipitation to New York which has motivated research into the effects of floods on stream ecosystems. Macroinvertebrate assemblages were sampled at 13 sites ...