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Forests and floods

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  • William F. Laurance

    (William F. Laurance is at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón, Panama. laurancew@si.edu)

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One strategy for reducing catastrophic floods invokes protecting or regenerating forests that lie upstream of a threatened region. Support for this approach comes from a global-scale analysis of flood risk.

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  • William F. Laurance, 2007. "Forests and floods," Nature, Nature, vol. 449(7161), pages 409-410, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:449:y:2007:i:7161:d:10.1038_449409a
    DOI: 10.1038/449409a
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    1. Han Lim & Kanokporn Boochabun & Alan Ziegler, 2012. "Modifiers and Amplifiers of High and low Flows on the Ping River in Northern Thailand (1921–2009): The Roles of Climatic Events and Anthropogenic Activity," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 26(14), pages 4203-4224, November.
    2. Dave, Radhika & Tompkins, Emma L. & Schreckenberg, Kate, 2017. "Forest ecosystem services derived by smallholder farmers in northwestern Madagascar: Storm hazard mitigation and participation in forest management," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 72-82.
    3. Álvarez, Xana & Gómez-Rúa, María & Vidal-Puga, Juan, 2019. "Risk prevention of land flood: A cooperative game theory approach," MPRA Paper 91515, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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