Up or out? - Economic-engineering theory of flood levee height and setback

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 90-95

  Zhu, Tingju ^a   Lund, Jay R ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic factors; Floods; Levees; Models

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; FLOODS; LAND USE; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER;

DESIGN PRACTICES; ECONOMIC COSTS; ECONOMIC DAMAGES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FLOOD FREQUENCIES; FLOOD HYDROLOGIES; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; LAND PRICES; LEVEE HEIGHTS; LEVEE SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; OPTIMAL DESIGNS; PROPERTY VALUES; UNIT CONSTRUCTIONS;

LEVEES;

ECONOMIC THEORY; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROLOGY; LEVEE; MODELING; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 60649113876     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2009)135:2(90)     Document Type: Article

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