LEADER 03880nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910957597903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781587299278 010 $a1587299275 035 $a(CKB)2560000000016051 035 $a(EBL)843210 035 $a(OCoLC)663882755 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000430866 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11303121 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430866 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10456827 035 $a(PQKB)11113204 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843210 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2947 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL843210 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10373424 035 $a(Perlego)2956996 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000016051 100 $a20090623d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 02$aA watershed year $eanatomy of the Iowa floods of 2008 /$fedited by Cornelia F Mutel 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 225 1 $aA bur oak book 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781587298547 311 08$a1587298546 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWhat causes floods in Iowa? / A. Allen Bradley, Jr. -- Why were the 2008 floods so large? / Witold F. Krajewski and Ricardo Mantilla -- Iowa City and the flood / Richard A. Fosse -- The University of Iowa and the flood / Barbara Eckstein and Rodney Lehnertz -- Linn County and the flood / Linda Langston -- Forecasting a record flood / A. Allen Bradley, Jr. -- Estimating flood frequency / David Eash -- The hydrological footprint of annual crops / Michael Burkhart -- The hydrology of urban landscapes / Wayne Petersen -- The Coralville Dam and Reservoir: Design and operation / John Castle -- The dam and the flood: Cause or cure? / Robert F. Sayre -- Was climate change involved? / Eugene S. Takle -- Flood effects on archaeological sites / Joe Alan Artz and Lynn M. Alex -- Flood effects on modern communities / Cornelia F. Mutel -- Economic losses from the floods / Daniel Otto -- How did the floods affect farmland? / Richard Cruse, Hillary Olson, and John M. Laflen -- What's in your floodwaters? / Dana Kolpin, and Keri Hornbuckle -- Air quality hazards / Peter S. Thorne -- Flood effects on natural communities / John Peterson -- When (not if) the big one comes / Jack Riessen -- Watershed-based flood management / Douglas M. Johnston -- Flood barriers / Nathan C. Young and A. Jacob Odgaard -- Managing urban runoff / Wayne Petersen -- Perennial farming systems that resist flooding / Laura Jackson and Dennis Keeney -- The great flood of 1993: Did we learn any lessons? / Gerald E. Galloway. 330 $aIn June 2008, the rivers of eastern Iowa rose above their banks to create floods of epic proportions; their amazing size-flowing in places at a rate nearly double that of the previous record flood-and the rapidity of their rise ruined farmlands and displaced thousands of residents and hundreds of businesses. In Cedar Rapids, the waters inundated more than nine square miles of the downtown area; in Iowa City, where the flood was also the most destructive in history, the University of Iowa's arts campus was destroyed. By providing a solid base of scientific and technical information presented wi 410 0$aBur oak book. 606 $aFloods$zIowa$xHistory 606 $aNatural disasters$zIowa$xHistory 615 0$aFloods$xHistory. 615 0$aNatural disasters$xHistory. 676 $a363.34/9309777 676 $a363.349309777 701 $aMutel$b Cornelia Fleischer$01809613 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957597903321 996 $aA watershed year$94360502 997 $aUNINA