How to manage flood forecasting in a catchment with high flood risk - experiences from the Emscher
The Emscher area is a basin of 865 km2, which includes nearly 2.3 million inhabitants. According to the average of 2.700 inhabitants per km2 nearly 60 % of the basin’s surface is sealed. 100 years of coal mining shaped the basin significantly. Due to that open channel system, the Emscher river shows...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2016-01-01
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Series: | E3S Web of Conferences |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160718009 |