Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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Title Information: |
anatomy of the Iowa floods of 2008 |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
MutelCornelia Fleischer, |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
Place of Publication: |
Iowa City |
Published: |
University of Iowa Press; |
Year of Publication: |
c2010 |
Description: |
1 online resource (xvii, 250 p., [10] p. of plates)ill. (some col.), maps (some col.). : |
Series: |
A bur oak book |
Subject: |
Floods - History - Iowa - |
Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781587299278/ |
Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: |
9781587299278electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
1587299275electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
9781587298547pbk. |
ISBN: |
1587298546pbk. |
Content Note: |
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 yourfloodwaters? / 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 |