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RISEffects of Sea Level Rise on Storm Surge Flooding and Current Speeds in New Hampshire Estuaries
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: The effects of sea level rise on storm surge energy transformation and flood and ebb current magnitudes are examined in two distinct New Hampshire estuarine systems. The Great Bay estuary is characterized by strong tidal ...
Storage Reservoir Behavior in the United States
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Numerous experiments are performed that characterize the behavior of individual storage reservoirs across the United States. Storage-yield curves based on annual and monthly flow records are compared to show that the ...
Storm Water Management as a Public Good Provision Problem: Survey to Understand Perspectives of Low-Impact Development for Urban Storm Water Management Practices under Climate Change
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Managing urban storm water is challenging under the best of situations, and due to projected increases in intensity of rainfall events, is exacerbated by climate change. Institutional and individual aspects of urban storm ...
Optimal Siting of Regional Fecal Sludge Treatment Facilities: St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: In the developing nation of Jamaica, 70% of the population depends upon on-site sanitation systems, which can provide an effective and low-cost option for rural wastewater treatment. However, there are serious environmental ...
Agricultural Risk Decision Support System for Resource-Poor Farmers in Burkina Faso, West Africa
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: A stochastic mixed integer programming decision support system (DSS) to aid farmers in the Sahel-Sudan region of West Africa is formulated. It provides optimal crop planting practices that minimize the caloric deficit of ...
Adapting Urban Infrastructure to Climate Change: A Drainage Case Study
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Attributes of an effective infrastructure adaptation planning process as well as methods for choosing among adaptation strategies are described. The major attributes include: (1) a vulnerability assessment, (2) proactive ...
Decision Support System for Adaptive Water Supply Management
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Recent advances in computer technology and water resource modeling, availability of real-time hydroclimatic data, and improvements in our ability to develop user-friendly graphical model interfaces have led to significant ...
Stochastic Programming for Improved Multiuse Reservoir Operation in Burkina Faso, West Africa
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: A network of reservoirs and diversion structures in the Comoé River Basin in southwestern Burkina Faso, West Africa, provides municipal water supply and irrigation for sugarcane agribusiness and downstream farmers. The ...
Hierarchical Approach for Assessing the Vulnerability of Roads and Bridges to Flooding in Massachusetts
Publisher: ASCE
Abstract: The current study addresses the issue of vulnerability assessment of transportation systems to climate change, with the purpose of improving current indicator-based approaches in this field. It builds upon other efforts ...
Progress and Challenges in Incorporating Climate Change Information into Transportation Research and Design
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The vulnerability of our nation’s transportation infrastructure to climate change and extreme weather is now well documented and the transportation community has identified numerous strategies to potentially mitigate these ...