Floods are an overflow of water that submerges land and usually happen because of a large amount of rainfall, saturated soil, and/or the capacity of the body of water is exceeded: Often floods are seasonal in nature, coming after Spring rains. Floo Continue Reading...
They can also enable countries to become more self-reliant rather than relying on international sources of energy. In these five ways, dams may prove very beneficial to countries utilizing them. Many cities that build dams take advantage of damns a Continue Reading...
Redland Wastewater Treatment Plant Redland Water is the department of the Redland City council that oversees the collection, treatment, and disposal of waste water in Redland City. Residential households and commercial premises such as shopping cent Continue Reading...
clarion call for the people and leaders of El Paso to better focus (or at least start focusing) on the subject of soil erosion, water runoff and sedimentary issues relating the land and material around the roads and bridges of our town. While some m Continue Reading...
He stated that, "I mean printed works produced ostensibly to give children spontaneous pleasure and not primarily to teach them, nor solely to make them good, nor to keep them profitably quiet." (Darton 1932/1982:1) So here the quest is for the capt Continue Reading...
Controversies in Understanding the Formation of the Grand Canyon: Evidence for a Lava Dam Breach Modern attempts to explain ancient natural wonders are often fraught with controversies. The Grand Canyon, one of the seven natural wonders of the world Continue Reading...
Vector DataVector data in geographic information systems (GIS) are used to represent discrete features with precise spatial attributes (Wang et al., 2021). In flood modeling, these features delineate structures and networks with great accuracy. Strea Continue Reading...
For example, the soil in the Loess Plateau area is notoriously erodable and it is difficult to revegetate the steep slopes with a sufficiently dense cover of plantation and grass. Moreover, rainfall in the area is generally insufficient to support t Continue Reading...
Another consequence of the exploitative use of water resources is the destruction of mangrove forests and the fragmentation of the habitats of endangered species. The United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fl Continue Reading...
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION -- DISASTERS -- Mississippi FLOOD 2011 The Mississippi Flood of 2011 was one of many floods endured by the Mississippi River area and surrounding areas. Past flooding taught lessons that were largely unheeded, as "experts" adhe Continue Reading...
Weathering is a process that happens to surface rocks based on the particular environment in which the rock is located. The two types of weathering are physical and chemical. Chemical weather is a process in which the internal crystals of rocks under Continue Reading...
From the point-of-view of the variation and flexibility of the species such cultivated woody crops rank as no more than cornfields. While the tree farms are conveniently be stretched on the private lands, national forests those are considered pricel Continue Reading...
Wetlands are the main link between the land and the water, and as such are vitally important to the ecology. Wetlands have been misunderstood and abused throughout the history of the United States -- and elsewhere in the world -- and that has led to Continue Reading...
Stated examples include: "cessation of mining or farming or causes of erosion, restricting livestock from riparian areas, removing toxic materials from soil or sediments, and eradicating invasive exotic species; (4) restoration of processes/disturba Continue Reading...
Grand Canyon was formed by exploring four possible hypotheses. Initially the superimposition mechanism intuitively seemed to be the more plausible explanation for Grand Canyon formation, but the weight of the evidence from the field trip lies with t Continue Reading...
Flooding in the Carolinas after Hurricane Florence in 2018 Introduction Since the disaster of Hurricane Katrina and the poor response of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the aftermath of the flooding in 2005, adequate and effective m Continue Reading...
Retention Pond Safety There are a few different issues with the retention ponds. The first step is to assess the threat that the retention ponds pose. That means developing means by which pollutants can be evaluated. The governmental guidelines will Continue Reading...
Folkman, MI. California Engineer Sees Fears About New Orleans Levee system Come True, 2005 The author writes about the thoughts and experiences of Robert Bea, civil engineer at the University of California in Berkeley on the recent killer hurrican Continue Reading...
If there is an aggregate sub-base, these can provide water quality treatment. There should be good compaction and appropriate geo-textiles especially for areas accessible to heavy vehicles. Permeable pavements reduce the need for deep excavations t Continue Reading...
Hydrology & Civil Engineering Hydrology: "The science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere" (Random House dictionary of the English Language). That generalized defin Continue Reading...
Natural Hazard, FEMA -- "Floods" Natural Hazard: Flooding Flooding, according to the Natural Disasters Association (2014), "is the most common environmental hazard worldwide." This according to the organization is more so the case given the vast di Continue Reading...
" The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently at work in the city on a project to increase the height of the levees and construct floodgates, at a cost of over $12 billion. This work will be able to protect from a "100-year" storm as they are call Continue Reading...
City-dwellers were dependent upon rural residents for buying surplus crops for their food. Trade was mutual, as residents of cities were often specialized artisans that could offer their skills. "Mesopotamian cities controlled the agricultural land Continue Reading...
Insurance in Illinois Hurricanes and Insurance Burdens & Considerations The insurance industry in the United States is a major economic force in the country, but is the largest commercial entity regulated at a state, rather than a federal level Continue Reading...
Gorges Dam In 2009, a monumental undertaking that began in China in 1994 is planned for completion. The Three Gorges Dam project on the Yangtze River is expected to be the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. It will stretch nearly a mile across Continue Reading...
More than 90% of the commercial fisheries and seafood products breed in these kinds of areas. In addition, dozens of species of migratory birds breed in the marshes and raise their young there. Commercial fishing and its dependent industries would Continue Reading...
The Mayans believed that a land called Mu once existed above the waves and that when that civilization fell below the surface, the survivors created the Mayan people (Hancock, Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization 73). In their creatio Continue Reading...
Urban Sprawl is a problem that can have severe consequences for all life if the continuing expansion of developed landscape is left unrestricted. The unrestricted development of the United States and the world is rapidly contributing to the degradati Continue Reading...
Ancient, Early Church, Middle Ages, and Renaissance Civilizations to the Contemporary Western Civilization Two primary civilizations had emerged to form the first civilization of mankind -- that of the Mesopotamia, and Egyptian civilizations. Altho Continue Reading...
hurricanes Floyd and Grace both brought devastating damage, Floyd's impact came largely from the Floyd itself, while Grace's impact came from the combination with two other weather systems. By itself, Floyd was a force to be reckoned with: a Categor Continue Reading...
The conceit or metaphor in extended though an image of the world or globe. The tears become the entire world which encompasses the speaker's life and feelings. So doth each tear, Which thee doth wear, globe, yea world, by that impression grow, (Li Continue Reading...
Background InformationOn the low coastal lands of the eastern part of North Carolina, many people, including families in some rural parts daily, must be confronted by lousy smells from hog or pig farms that occupy large tracks of land in the State. P Continue Reading...
An organized effort, in this case, means knowing who is responsible for what, when the time comes. This prevents chaos in the event of a disaster. Planning for who is responsible for organizing a public memorial is the best way to quickly get the co Continue Reading...
Recommended solutions to all of yesterday's problems The late check-in processes has always been functioning perfectly, and even though it was a delay, an audit of the process has to be done to establish the cause of the delay. The process audit Continue Reading...
