Evaluation of levee setbacks for flood-loss reduction, Middle Mississippi River, USA

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 450-451, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-8

  Dierauer, Jennifer ^a   Pinter, Nicholas ^a   Remo, Jonathan W F ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood loss modeling; Floodplain management; Hazus MH; Levee setbacks; Middle Mississippi River

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE ESTIMATES; EXISTING STRUCTURE; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD LOSS; FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT; HAZUS-MH; HYDRAULIC MODELING; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; PAYBACK PERIODS; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; UNPROTECTED STRUCTURES; VIABLE SOLUTIONS;

ESTIMATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; HAZARDS; INVESTMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; RIVERS;

LEVEES;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFRASTRUCTURE; LEVEE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862691727     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.05.044     Document Type: Article

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