Value of woody river corridors in levee protection along the missouri river in 1993

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 481-489

  Dwyer, John P ^a   Wallace, Douglas ^b   Larsen, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Floodplain management; Levee stability; Riverine buffer strips; Woody corridors

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; LEVEE FAILURE; LEVEE PROTECTION; RIVER CORRIDOR; WOODLAND;

MISSOURI RIVER; USA;

EID: 0030871728     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1997.tb03526.x     Document Type: Review

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