Urban floods in lowlands-levee systems, unplanned urban growth and river restoration alternative: A case study in Brazil

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 11068-11097

  Miguez, Marcelo Gomes ^a   Veról, Aline Pires ^a   De Sousa, Matheus Martins ^a   Rezende, Osvaldo Moura ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Levee systems; Lowlands; River restoration; Sustainable cities; Urban flood control; Urban growth

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LEVEE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER BASIN; RIVER SYSTEM; STORMWATER; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN GROWTH; WATER LEVEL; WATERSHED;

BRAZIL; IGUACU BASIN; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84940518738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su70811068     Document Type: Article

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