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Flood risk of natural and embanked landscapes on the Ganges–Brahmaputra tidal delta plain

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  • L. W. Auerbach

    (Vanderbilt University)

  • S. L. Goodbred Jr

    (Vanderbilt University)

  • D. R. Mondal

    (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College—City University of New York)

  • C. A. Wilson

    (Vanderbilt University)

  • K. R. Ahmed

    (Environmental Science Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208 Bangladesh)

  • K. Roy

    (Environmental Science Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208 Bangladesh)

  • M. S. Steckler

    (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University)

  • C. Small

    (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University)

  • J. M. Gilligan

    (Vanderbilt University)

  • B. A. Ackerly

    (Vanderbilt University)

Abstract

Controlled embankment breaches could reduce flood risk for the Ganges–Brahmaputra tidal delta plain as sea level rises.

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  • L. W. Auerbach & S. L. Goodbred Jr & D. R. Mondal & C. A. Wilson & K. R. Ahmed & K. Roy & M. S. Steckler & C. Small & J. M. Gilligan & B. A. Ackerly, 2015. "Flood risk of natural and embanked landscapes on the Ganges–Brahmaputra tidal delta plain," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 5(2), pages 153-157, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:5:y:2015:i:2:d:10.1038_nclimate2472
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2472
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