Author: George NewmarchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subsidences (Earth movements)
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
Delta Subsidence Investigation
Author: George NewmarchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subsidences (Earth movements)
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
Delta Subsidence Investigation, Progress Report
Author: California. Department of Water Resources. Central DistrictPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subsidences (Earth movements)
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Delta Subsidence Investigation
Author: George NewmarchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subsidences (Earth movements)
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Subsidence: Causes, Consequences, and Strategies
Author: J.D. MillimanPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780792339335
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Greenhouse-induced climate warming increasingly appears to be a reality, and the warming climate will be accompanied by an accelerated sea level rise - as much as 60-100 cm over the next century. What is commonly absent in the discussion of rising sea level, however, is the role played by the subsidence of low-lying coastal areas, which can have a far greater local effect than the eustatic rise of the sea. The combined sea-level rise and land subsidence will almost certainly make the greatest impact on coastal societies in the densely populated regions of southern Asia, but its effects will be felt globally. This volume explores the concepts of sea-level rise and coastal subsidence, both natural and anthropogenically accelerated, in the form of a series of case studies in such diverse locations as Bangkok, Bangladesh, Venice, and the Niger and Mississippi deltas, as well as a discussion of the economic, engineering and policy responses that must be considered if the effects of local sea-level rise are to be mitigated.
Delta Subsidence in California
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subsidences (Earth movements)
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Geometric Investigation of the Subsidence in the Po Delta
Author: Michele CaputoDelta Subsidence in California :.
Author: Barron River Delta Investigation
Author: Barron River Delta Investigation Steering CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Barron River Delta (Qld.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Delta Waters
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309292190
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
The Water Institute of the Gulf is a not-for-profit, independent research institute dedicated to advancing the understanding of coastal, deltaic, river and water resource systems, both within the Gulf Coast and around the world. Their mission supports the practical application of innovative science and engineering, providing solutions that benefit society. Those who make policy for coastal and deltaic systems, as well as managers of natural resources, need high-quality science and engineering to guide their decisions. The Water Institute of the Gulf began operations in 2012 to address exactly this sort of challenge. Delta Waters offers advice to The Water Institute of the Gulf that it might use as part of its strategic planning process. This report focuses on strategic research to support integrated water resources management in the lower Mississippi River delta and includes international comparative assessments. The recommendations of Delta Waters promote a human and environmental systems approach to scientific research that supports integrated water and environmental resources management in the lower Mississippi River and delta, and offers ideas regarding comparative assessments with other, relevant deltaic regions around the world. This report provides input for research into common deltaic problems and challenges, identifies strategic research for The Water Institute of the Gulf, and suggests ways that the organization can utilize knowledge gained from the lower Mississippi River and delta system in developing a research program to support water management decisions in other large river/delta complexes.
Deltas and Humans
Author: Thomas S. BianchiPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190627719
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Humans have had a long relationship with the ebb and flow of tides on river deltas around the world. The fertile soils of river deltas provided early human civilizations with a means of farming crops and obtaining seafood from the highly productive marshes and shallow coastal waters associated with deltas. However, this relationship has at times been both nurturing and tumultuous for the development of early civilizations. The vicissitudes of seasonal changes in river flooding events as well as frequently shifting deltaic soils made life for these early human settlements challenging. These natural transient processes that affect the supply of sediments to deltas today are in many ways very similar to what they have been over the millennia of human settlements. But something else has been altered in the natural rhythm of these cycles. The massive expansion of human populations around the world in both the lower and upper drainage basins of these large rivers have changed the manner in which sediments and water are delivered to deltas. Because of the high density of human populations found in these regions, humans have developed elaborate hydrological engineering schemes in an attempt to "tame" these deltas. The goal of this book is to provide information on the historical relationship between humans and deltas that will hopefully encourage immediate preparation for coastal management plans in response to the impending inundation of major cities, as a result of global change around the world.