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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), coauthor of From Grassland to Glacier: The Natural History of Colorado and the Surrounding Region, and coeditor of Land of the Fragile Giants: Landscapes, Environments, and Peoples of the Loess Hills (Iowa, 1994) and The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook for Prairies, Savannas, and Woodlands.
Preface and Acknowledgments | p. vii |
Introduction | p. xi |
Rising Rivers, Spreading Waters | |
What Causes Floods in Iowa? | p. 7 |
Why Were the 2008 Floods So Large? | p. 19 |
Iowa City and the Flood | p. 31 |
The University of Iowa and the Flood | p. 39 |
Linn County and the Flood | p. 45 |
Forecasting a Record Flood | p. 53 |
Estimating Flood Frequency | p. 61 |
Why Here, Why Now? | |
The Hydrologic Footprint of Annual Crops | p. 77 |
The Hydrology of Urban Landscapes | p. 87 |
The Coralville Dam and Reservoir: Design and Operation | p. 95 |
The Dam and the Flood: Cause or Cure? | p. 103 |
Was Climate Change Involved? | p. 111 |
Flood Damages, Flood Costs, Flood Benefits | |
Flood Effects on Archaeological Sites | p. 123 |
Flood Effects on Modern Communities | p. 131 |
Economic Losses from the Floods | p. 139 |
How Did the Floods Affect Farmland? | p. 147 |
What's in Your Floodwaters? | p. 155 |
Air Quality Hazards | p. 163 |
Flood Effects on Natural Communities | p. 171 |
Looking Back, Looking Forward | |
When (Not If) the Big One Comes | p. 185 |
Watershed-Based Flood Management | p. 193 |
Flood Barriers | p. 199 |
Managing Urban Runoff | p. 205 |
Perennial Farming Systems That Resist Flooding | p. 215 |
The Great Flood of 1993; Did We Learn Any Lessons? | p. 227 |
Epilogue | p. 235 |
Notes on Contributors | p. 239 |
Index | p. 247 |
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