Sediment accumulation expectations for growing desert cities: a realistic desired outcome to be used in constructing appropriately sized sediment storage of flood control structures
Many rapidly urbanizing desert cities (RUDC) around the globe experience an acute risk of flooding. To reduce this risk, properly engineered flood control structures (FCS) must account for sediment accumulation as well as flood waters. While the Phoenix area, USA, uses regional data from non-urban,...
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| Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Environmental Research Letters |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab30e5 |