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Papers on flood problems

Title
Papers on flood problems / Gilbert F. White, editor ; Wallace E. Akin, Brian J.L. Berry, Ian Burton, Merwin D. Dougal, James E. Goddard, R.A. Hertzler, Roland C. Holmes, Robert W. Kates, Edward F. Renshaw, Wolf Roder, John R. Sheaffer.
Publication
  • Chicago, Illinois : The University of Chicago Press, 1961.
  • ©1961

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Additional Authors
  • White, Gilbert F.
  • Akin, Wallace E.
  • Berry, Brian J. L., 1934-
  • Burton, Ian, 1935-
  • Dougal, Merwin D.
  • Goddard, James E.
  • Hertzler, R. A.
  • Holmes, Roland C. (Roland Clifford), 1929-
  • Kates, Robert W. (Robert William), 1929-
  • Renshaw, Edward F.
  • Roder, Wolf
  • Sheaffer, John Richard
Description
vi, 228 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Department of Geography research paper ; no. 70
Uniform Title
Research paper (University of Chicago. Department of Geography) ; no. 70.
Subject
  • Floods
  • floods (natural events)
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 222-228.
Contents
Introduction: the strategy of using flood plains / Gilbert F. White -- Composition and size of flood losses / Roalnd C. Holmes -- The relationship between flood losses and flood-control benefits / Wolf Roder and Brian J.L. Berry -- Attitudes and knowledge on the Topeka flood plain / Wolf Roder -- Invasion and escape on the Little Calumet / Ian Burton -- Flood-to-peak interval / John R. Sheaffer -- Seasonality / Robert W. Kates -- Flood hazard evaluation / Robert W. Kates and Gilber F. White -- The cooperative program in the Tennessee Valley / James E. Goddard -- Flood-plain regulation in Iowa / Wallace E. Akin and Merwin D. Dougal -- Corps of Engineers' experience relating to flood-plain regulation / R.A. Hertzler -- Some aspects of flood loss reduction in England and Wales / Ian Burton.
LCCN
61003762
OCLC
  • ocm00166663
  • 166663
  • SCSB-238956
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library