A framework model for the dimensioning and allocation of a detention basin system: The case of a flood-prone mountainous watershed

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 533, Issue , 2016, Pages 567-580

  Bellu, Annalisa ^a   Sanches Fernandes, Luís F ^a   Cortes, Rui M V ^a   Pacheco, Fernando A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Detention basin; Flood management; Multi criteria decision analysis; Optimal siting; Peak flow attenuation; Watershed scale

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DAMS; DECISION MAKING; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POLLUTION; REFORESTATION; RIVERS; SITE SELECTION; WATERSHEDS;

DETENTION BASIN; FLOOD MANAGEMENT; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL SITING; PEAK FLOWS; WATERSHED SCALE;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BASIN ANALYSIS; DAM; DECISION ANALYSIS; FLOOD CONTROL; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MOUNTAIN STREAM; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PEAK FLOW; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SITE SELECTION; TRIBUTARY; WATERSHED;

LIMIA RIVER; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84952802131     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.12.043     Document Type: Article

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