Managing Floods in Large River Basins in the USA: The Mississippi River

Shadie, Charles E.; Lopez-Llompart, Pilar; Samet, Melissa; Strole, Todd; Kondolf, G. Mathias

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71673-2_2

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“…Floodplains adjacent to large rivers are also highly valued for their agricultural productivity, development opportunities, and recreational potential. In the aftermath of large flood events, scientists and managers have asserted that alternative floodplain‐management strategies could better sustain the floodplain and its goods and services (Shadie et al., 2018; Tullos, 2018). The 1993 flood on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers prompted a comprehensive analysis (Interagency Floodplain Management Review Committee, 1994) and a set of recommendations to avoid future flood damages (Galloway, 1995; Interagency Floodplain Management Review Committee, 1994).…”

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Geomorphic Controls on Floodplain Connectivity, Ecosystem Services, and Sensitivity to Climate Change: An Example From the Lower Missouri River

Jacobson

Bouska

Bulliner

et al. 2022

Water Resources Research

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Floodplains are increasingly recognized for their potential to contribute ecosystem services, including provision of aquatic and terrestrial habitat, nutrient processing, flood-water storage, and biodiversity (Opperman et al., 2009(Opperman et al., , 2010. Floodplains adjacent to large rivers are also highly valued for their agricultural productivity, development opportunities, and recreational potential. In the aftermath of large flood events, scientists and managers have asserted that alternative floodplain-management strategies could better sustain the floodplain and its goods and services (Shadie et al.

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Geomorphic Controls on Floodplain Connectivity, Ecosystem Services, and Sensitivity to Climate Change: An Example From the Lower Missouri River

Jacobson

Bouska

Bulliner

et al. 2022

Water Resources Research

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“…These changes in the fluvial system tend to transfer floods downstream and, in general, deeply modify morphological balance. Losses are increasing and huge amounts of money are spent each year to repair damages and to make new hydraulic works, in an endless spiral of rising costs, as reported in works developed in European countries [6], Bangladesh [7], USA [8], and Brazil [9]. Many of these cases are fostered by the need to reduce hydraulic risks, where floods play an important role in the degradation process, both in the vicinities of the river and in the river itself.…”

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River Restoration Integrated with Sustainable Urban Water Management for Resilient Cities

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Urban floods can threaten citizens’ quality of life, produce socioeconomic losses, and act as an urban degradation driver. Restoring urban rivers, however, is not simple and its results are usually limited. It would be desirable to enhance urban fluvial systems, control flood risks, and increase city resilience while improving the city itself. This work suggests that river restoration, when applied to an urban watershed, should be supported by sustainable urban drainage measures to compensate for the negative effects induced by city growth in the water cycle, in a systemic approach to the entire watershed. A methodological framework is proposed to verify this hypothesis intending to assess urban flooding projects in a wide sense. This framework uses a hydrodynamic mathematical model and a set of multicriteria indices. A case study in Dona Eugênia Watershed, in Brazil, was developed. Two different design concepts were considered: the usual drainage design and the river restoration combined with sustainable urban drainage. Both solutions were designed to completely solve the problems, leading to virtually zero flooding in the present situation; however, environmental and urban gains were greater when using the proposed combination. Besides, when testing resilience behavior, it was also shown to be more consistent over time.

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“…Hydroclimatic extremes—both floods and droughts—within the Mississippi River basin are responsible for some of the costliest and most consequential natural disasters of the last century (Barry, 2007; Camillo, 2012; Cook, 2019; Cook et al, 2007). These events damage infrastructure, destroy crops, disrupt shipping, and displace communities, so understanding their sensitivity to climate variability and change is critical for hazard forecasting, mitigation, and infrastructure planning (Cook et al, 2015; Munoz & Dee, 2017; Shadie et al, 2018).…”

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Lipid Biomarker Record Documents Hydroclimatic Variability of the Mississippi River Basin During the Common Era

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Porter

Bakkelund

et al. 2020

Geophysical Research Letters

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Floods and droughts in the Mississippi River basin are perennial hazards that cause severe economic disruption. Here we develop and analyze a new lipid biomarker record from Horseshoe Lake (Illinois, USA) to evaluate the climatic conditions associated with hydroclimatic extremes that occurred in this region over the last 1,800 years. We present geochemical proxy evidence of temperature and moisture variability using branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) and plant leaf wax hydrogen isotopic composition (δ 2 H wax) and use isotope-enabled coupled model simulations to diagnose the controls on these proxies. Our data show pronounced warming during the Medieval era (CE 1000-1,600) that corresponds to midcontinental megadroughts. Severe floods on the upper Mississippi River basin also occurred during the Medieval era and correspond to periods of enhanced warm-season moisture. Our findings imply that projected increases in temperature and warm-season precipitation could enhance both drought and flood hazards in this economically vital region. Plain Language Summary The Mississippi River basin is an economically vital region for industry and agriculture, but it is prone to disruptive flooding and drought. Here we use organic molecules preserved in a lake sediment core to reconstruct the temperature and seasonal moisture patterns of the last 1,800 years. Our reconstruction shows that the Medieval period (ca. CE 1000-1,600) was relatively warm and that warmer temperatures in this region are associated with increased frequencies of severe droughts and floods. These findings generally support climate model projections of increasing drought and flood hazard in the Mississippi River basin as a result of anthropogenic climate change.

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Managing Floods in Large River Basins in the USA: The Mississippi River

Cited by 4 publications

References 40 publications

Geomorphic Controls on Floodplain Connectivity, Ecosystem Services, and Sensitivity to Climate Change: An Example From the Lower Missouri River

Geomorphic Controls on Floodplain Connectivity, Ecosystem Services, and Sensitivity to Climate Change: An Example From the Lower Missouri River

River Restoration Integrated with Sustainable Urban Water Management for Resilient Cities

Lipid Biomarker Record Documents Hydroclimatic Variability of the Mississippi River Basin During the Common Era

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