The Socio-Economic Effects of Floods and Ways to Prevent Them: A Case Study of the Khazir River Basin, Northern Iraq

The Socio-Economic Effects of Floods and Ways to Prevent Them: A Case Study of the Khazir River Basin, Northern Iraq

The current study deals with how floods affect the social and economic lives of villagers in the lower basin of the Khazir River (northern Iraq), where the villages Kazkan, Tal al-Laban, and Wardak are located within active floodplains close to the riverbed. The aim of this paper is to perform both...

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Main Authors: Asaad A. M. AL-Hussein, Younes Hamed, Salem Bouri, Soumaya Hajji, Awad M. Aljuaid, Wafik Hachicha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-12-01
Series:Water
Subjects:
flood
socio-economic impact
risk management
HEC-RAS
Khazir River
Iraq
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/15/24/4271

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