Just how important is grass cover?

Managing Dams: Challenges in a Time of Change - Proceedings of the 16th Conference of the British Dam Society

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 87-99

  Morris, Mark ^a   Boorman, Laurence ^b   Simm, Jonathan ^a  

^a HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b The Maylands   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN GUIDANCE; ENVIRONMENT AGENCY; EROSION TESTING; FLOOD EMBANKMENTS; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; FRAGILITY CURVES; GRASS COVER; GROWTH MODELS; MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; NETHERLANDS; PERFORMANCE BASED; PERFORMANCE DESIGN; PROTECTING THE SURFACE; RESEARCH AREAS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TYPES;

ASSET MANAGEMENT; EMBANKMENT DAMS; EROSION; FLOOD CONTROL; RESEARCH; RISK MANAGEMENT;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 80051512868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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