A Watershed Year - Anatomy of the Iowa Floods of 2008

Informationen zum Autor Ecologist Cornelia Mutel is the historian and archivist for IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering at the University of Iowa College of Engineering. She is the author of Fragile Giants: A Natural History of the Loess Hills (IOWA 1989) and The Emerald Horizon: The History of Nature in Iowa (IOWA 2008) and coeditor of The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook for Prairies! Savannas! and Woodlands. Klappentext Examining the relationships among rivers, floodplains, weather, and modern society; stressing matters of science and fact rather than social or policy issues; and by addressing multiple environmental problems and benefits, this title informs and educates those who experienced the 2008 floods and those concerned with the larger causes of flooding. Zusammenfassung Examining the relationships among rivers! floodplains! weather! and modern society; stressing matters of science and fact rather than social or policy issues; and by addressing multiple environmental problems and benefits! this title informs and educates those who experienced the 2008 floods and those concerned with the larger causes of flooding.

Product details

• Authors: Cornelia F. (EDT) Mutel
• Assisted by: Cornelia F. Mutel (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2010
• EAN: 9781587298547
• ISBN: 978-1-58729-854-7
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: A Bur Oak Book; Bur Oak Books; Bur Oak Books; Bur Oak Book
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works