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Sustainable flood prediction and mitigation

Plink-Björklund, Piret
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Colorado School of Mines. Payne Institute for Public Policy
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2018-10
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https://hdl.handle.net/11124/14118
 https://doi.org/10.25676/11124/14118
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Floods pose a major impact on society by loss of life, livelihood, infrastructure, agricultural lands, and water quality. Many floods are driven by meteorological events and thus linked to hydroclimatic conditions, such as rainfall distribution and intensity. Consequences of extreme weather events are intensified due to population growth, economic growth, urbanization and landscape disturbance. Extreme weather also appears to be growing more frequent across the United States and globally, and it follows that frequency, severity and duration of hydro-meteorological hazards will also increase. Thus, it is more essential than ever that we have the capability to deliver effective flood prediction and mitigation strategies.
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