Friday, March 10, 2017

Flood Management

Flood Management Techniques (Hard & Soft Engineering)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pFTI7GjBBE

Examples: Dam failures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlKZ8Ubx2rg
Over 100,000 dams in US rivers, most were only designed to last 50 years, and 1/4 of which have already passed their life expectancy.
Across the country, 1 in 10 dams in US are considered a threat to human life, and 13% of those are considered structurally unsafe and unstable.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam_failure

Additional Material:
Detailed Document (40 pages)
Tectonic Geomorphology as a cause for floods, governing rivers and streams:
https://www.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwji0qqilu_SAhVFwI8KHddoALoQFggpMAM&url=http%3A%2F%2Frocky.ess.washington.edu%2Fgrg%2Fcourses10_11%2Fess326%2Ftextbook%2FChapter_12_review.doc&usg=AFQjCNHPWmfjj0_MwnTkcC5eFAwasVGzpQ&sig2=2X0e6raO6Gc4xwJguT21nw

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