A Watershed Year : Anatomy of the Iowa Floods of 2008.
Title:
A Watershed Year : Anatomy of the Iowa Floods of 2008.
Author:
Mutel, Cornelia F.
ISBN:
9781587299278
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (274 pages)
Series:
Bur Oak Book
Contents:
Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section I: Rising Rivers, Spreading Waters -- 1. What Causes Floods in Iowa? / A. Allen Bradley, Jr. -- 2. Why Were the 2008 Floods So Large? / Witold F. Krajewski and Ricardo Mantilla -- 3. Iowa City and the Flood / Richard A. Fosse -- 4. The University of Iowa and the Flood / Barbara Eckstein and Rodney Lehnertz -- 5. Linn County and the Flood / Linda Langston -- 6. Forecasting a Record Flood / A. Allen Bradley, Jr. -- 7. Estimating Flood Frequency / David Eash -- Section II: Why Here, Why Now? -- 8. The Hydrologic Footprint of Annual Crops / Michael Burkart -- 9. The Hydrology of Urban Landscapes / Wayne Petersen -- 10. The Coralville Dam and Reservoir: Design and Operation / John Castle -- 11. The Dam and the Flood: Cause or Cure? / Robert F. Sayre -- 12. Was Climate Change Involved? / Eugene S. Takle -- Section III: Flood Damages, Flood Costs, Flood Benefits -- 13. Flood Effects on Archaeological Sites / Joe Alan Artz and Lynn M. Alex -- 14. Flood Effects on Modern Communities / Cornelia F. Mutel -- 15. Economic Losses from the Floods / Daniel Otto -- 16. How Did the Floods Affect Farmland? / Richard Cruse, Hillary Olson, and John M. Laflen -- 17. What's in Your Floodwaters? / Dana Kolpin and Keri Hornbuckle -- 18. Air Quality Hazards / Peter S. Thorne -- 19. Flood Effects on Natural Communities / John Pearson -- Section IV: Looking Back, Looking Forward -- 20. When (Not If) the Big One Comes / Jack Riessen -- 21. Watershed-Based Flood Management / Douglas M. Johnston -- 22. Flood Barriers / Nathan C. Young and A. Jacob Odgaard -- 23. Managing Urban Runoff / Wayne Petersen -- 24. Perennial Farming Systems That Resist Flooding / Laura Jackson and Dennis Keeney -- 25. The Great Flood of 1993: Did We Learn Any Lessons? / Gerald E. Galloway -- Epilogue -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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