Economic impacts of urban flooding in South Florida: Potential consequences of managing groundwater to prevent salt water intrusion

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 621, Issue , 2018, Pages 465-478

  Czajkowski, Jeffrey ^a   Engel, Vic ^b   Martinez, Chris ^c   Mirchi, Ali ^d   Watkins, David ^e   Sukop, Michael C ^f   Hughes, Joseph D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^e Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^f FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater flooding; Hydro economic optimization; Saltwater intrusion; South Florida; Urban flood penalty function

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LOSSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL; WATER LEVELS; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUND WATER LEVEL; GROUNDWATER FLOODING; HYDRO-ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATIONS; PENALTY FUNCTION; SALTWATER INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL RISE; SOUTH FLORIDA; TRADE OFF; URBAN FLOOD PENALTY FUNCTION; URBAN FLOODS;

AQUIFERS;

GROUND WATER; RAIN; SALT WATER;

AQUIFER; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FLOODING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; OPTIMIZATION; SALINE INTRUSION; URBAN AREA; WATER LEVEL;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FLOODING; FLORIDA; INSURANCE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MIAMI-DADE COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85035012288     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.251     Document Type: Article

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