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A Watershed Year
Author | : Cornelia F. Mutel |
Publsiher | : University of Iowa Press |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2010-03-15 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781587299278 |
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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 with unusual clarity and a wealth of supporting illustrations, the contributors to this far-reaching book, many of whom dealt firsthand with the 2008 floods, provide a detailed roadmap of the causes and effects of future devastating floods. The twenty-five essays fall naturally into four sections. “Rising Rivers, Spreading Waters” begins by comparing the 2008 floods with the midwestern floods of 1993, moves on to trace community responses to the 2008 floods, and ends by illuminating techniques for forecasting floods and determining their size and frequency. “Why Here, Why Now?” searches for possible causes of the 2008 floods and of flooding in general: annual crops and urban landscapes, inflows into and releases from reservoirs, and climate change. “Flood Damages, Flood Costs, Flood Benefits” considers the complex mix of flood costs and effects, emphasizing damages to cities and farmlands as well as potential benefits to natural communities and archaeological sites. “Looking Back, Looking Forward” lays out approaches to managing the floods of the future that are sure to come. While the book draws most of its examples from one particular region, it explains flooding throughout a much larger region—the midwestern Corn Belt—and thus its sobering yet energizing lessons apply well beyond eastern Iowa. By examining the relationships among rivers, floodplains, weather, and modern society; by stressing matters of science and fact rather than social or policy issues; and by addressing multiple environmental problems and benefits, A Watershed Year informs and educates all those who experienced the 2008 floods and all those concerned with the larger causes of flooding.
A Watershed Year
Author | : Susan Schoenberger |
Publsiher | : Lake Union Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-11-26 |
Genre | : Adoption |
ISBN | : 1477848010 |
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Lucy never confessed her love to her best friend, Harlan, before he passed away. Two months after his funeral, she is haunted by the power of things left unsaid. But then she receives the first of his e-mails arranged to be sent after his death. So begins the year that everything changes--Lucy's watershed year ... In her grief, she suddenly rediscovers hope, journeying to Russia to adopt a four-year-old boy. When she meets her son, Mat, for the first time, she realizes he's also mending a wounded heart and is just as lost as she is."--Page 4 of cover.
Entering the Watershed
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 1993-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D009091988 |
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Entering the Watershed is the product of a two-year project established by the Pacific Rivers Council to develop new federal riverine protection and restoration policy alternatives. It recommends a comprehensive new approach to river protection based on principles of watershed dynamics, ecosystem function, and conservation biology -- a nationwide, strategic community- and ecosystem-based watershed restoration initiative. The book: describes in detail the existing level of damage to rivers and species analyzes flaws and gaps in existing policy provides the framework necessary to develop new policies outlines the scientific underpinnings and management strategies needed in new policy makes specific policy proposals
The Watershed Years
Author | : Mark O. Decker |
Publsiher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9781483499666 |
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The Watershed Years
Author | : Russell Rowland |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2007-09-01 |
Genre | : Domestic fiction |
ISBN | : 1931832862 |
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Bypassing Dystopia
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Author | : Joyce Nelson |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2018-04 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0995328633 |
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The Watershed Years Volume 2
Author | : Mark O. Decker |
Publsiher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9781483440699 |
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Population Growth and Development in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed to the Year 2020
Author | : Chesapeake Executive Council |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) |
ISBN | : UVA:35007004704379 |
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