Storms, floods, and debris flows in Southern California and Arizona, 1978 and 1980
Subtitle: proceedings of a symposium, September 17-18, 1980
By: sponsored jointly by Committee on Natural Disasters, Commission on Sociotechnical Systems, National Research Council, and the Environmental Quality Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Natural Disasters.; California Institute of Technology. Environmental Quality Laboratory.
Publisher: National Academy Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 487
Subjects: Floods -- California, Southern -- Congresses.; Floods -- Arizona -- Congresses.; Storms -- California, Southern -- Congresses.; Storms -- Arizona -- Congresses.; Flood control -- California, Southern -- Congresses.; Flood control -- Arizona -- Congresses.; Natural disasters -- United States -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Storm meteorology; value: Downstream river flooding; value: Upland floods and sediment transport; value: Landslides; value: Case studies of engineering problems; value: Effects on the shoreline; value: Policies for flood control and hazard mitigation.