| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 250 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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A bur oak book |
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Bur oak book.
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| Contents |
What causes floods in Iowa? / A. Allen Bradley, Jr. -- Why were the 2008 floods so large? / Witold F. Krajewski and Ricardo Mantilla -- Iowa City and the flood / Richard A. Fosse -- The University of Iowa and the flood / Barbara Eckstein and Rodney Lehnertz -- Linn County and the flood / Linda Langston -- Forecasting a record flood / A. Allen Bradley, Jr. -- Estimating flood frequency / David Eash -- The hydrological footprint of annual crops / Michael Burkhart -- The hydrology of urban landscapes / Wayne Petersen -- The Coralville Dam and Reservoir: Design and operation / John Castle -- The dam and the flood: Cause or cure? / Robert F. Sayre -- Was climate change involved? / Eugene S. Takle -- Flood effects on archaeological sites / Joe Alan Artz and Lynn M. Alex -- Flood effects on modern communities / Cornelia F. Mutel -- Economic losses from the floods / Daniel Otto -- How did the floods affect farmland? / Richard Cruse, Hillary Olson, and John M. Laflen -- What's in your floodwaters? / Dana Kolpin, and Keri Hornbuckle -- Air quality hazards / Peter S. Thorne -- Flood effects on natural communities / John Peterson -- When (not if) the big one comes / Jack Riessen -- Watershed-based flood management / Douglas M. Johnston -- Flood barriers / Nathan C. Young and A. Jacob Odgaard -- Managing urban runoff / Wayne Petersen -- Perennial farming systems that resist flooding / Laura Jackson and Dennis Keeney -- The great flood of 1993: Did we learn any lessons? / Gerald E. Galloway |
| Summary |
In June 2008, the rivers of eastern Iowa rose above their banks to create floods of epic proportions; their amazing size-flowing in places at a rate nearly double that of the previous record flood-and the rapidity of their rise ruined farmlands and displaced thousands of residents and hundreds of businesses. In Cedar Rapids, the waters inundated more than nine square miles of the downtown area; in Iowa City, where the flood was also the most destructive in history, the University of Iowa's arts campus was destroyed. By providing a solid base of scientific and technical information presented wi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Floods -- Iowa -- History
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NATURE -- Natural Disasters.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief.
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Floods
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Iowa
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mutel, Cornelia Fleischer
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| ISBN |
9781587299278 |
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1587299275 |
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