Framework and Tool for Rapid Assessment of Stream Susceptibility to Hydromodification

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 788-808

  Bledsoe, Brian P ^a   Stein, Eric D ^b   Hawley, Robert J ^c,e   Booth, Derek ^d  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Sustainable Streams   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Channel evolution; Channel instability; Fluvial geomorphology; Risk; Stormwater; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CHANNEL EVOLUTION; CHANNEL INSTABILITIES; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; STORMWATERS; URBANIZATION;

DECISION TREES; RISKS; URBAN GROWTH;

LOADING;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; DECISION ANALYSIS; FIELD SURVEY; FLOW CONTROL; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RETENTION; SEDIMENT YIELD; STORMWATER; STREAMFLOW; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84864520217     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2012.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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