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Mining and dams exacerbated devastating Kerala floods

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Scientists say a boom in development in the Western Ghats mountains contributed to the disaster that has killed almost 500 people.

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  • T. V. Padma, 2018. "Mining and dams exacerbated devastating Kerala floods," Nature, Nature, vol. 561(7721), pages 13-14, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:561:y:2018:i:7721:d:10.1038_d41586-018-06145-2
    DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-06145-2
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    3. Sumit Das & Gianvito Scaringi, 2021. "River flooding in a changing climate: rainfall-discharge trends, controlling factors, and susceptibility mapping for the Mahi catchment, Western India," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 109(3), pages 2439-2459, December.
    4. S. M. Ramasamy & S. Gunasekaran & N. Rajagopal & J. Saravanavel & C. J. Kumanan, 2019. "Flood 2018 and the status of reservoir-induced seismicity in Kerala, India," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 99(1), pages 307-319, October.
    5. Ajith G. Nair & K. Sunil Kumar & Sonu V. Sabu, 2024. "Classification of Sub-Watersheds with Respect to Flooding Susceptibility in a Tropical River Basin Using Multi Criteria Approach Based on VIKOR," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 38(13), pages 5029-5053, October.
    6. James Patterson & Carina Wyborn & Linda Westman & Marie Claire Brisbois & Manjana Milkoreit & Dhanasree Jayaram, 2021. "The political effects of emergency frames in sustainability," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 4(10), pages 841-850, October.

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