Sentence examples for reduction flood from inspiring English sources
Adaptation would look at infrastructure for disaster risk reduction, flood defenses or forestry conservation".
More extensive river restoration, for example in 20-25% of the total river length, resulted in a reduction in flood peak height of up to 20%.
Distance-decay effects are detected for water quality improvements in Austria and Romania and for a reduction in flood risk in Austria.
We find profound river discharge reduction during flood peaks and in the wet-to-dry transition period, and slightly increased discharges in the dry season.
Reservoir sedimentation effects include reduction of flood control capability and limitations to both water supply withdrawals and power generation due to reduced reservoir storage.
Transforming the objective (e.g., reduction of flood damage) into an outcome (e.g., cross-border DM initiative, development of DMIS, effective disaster response) motivates the existence of an activity system.
Urban planning policies proved to be an efficient means for the reduction of flood risk, while implementing property buyback and pipe increases in a guideline-oriented manner was too costly.
Comparisons with changes in storm runoff response in the more urban area suggest that the relative increase in peak flows and reduction in flood duration and response time of a catchment is greatest at low levels of urbanization and that the introduction of storm water conveyance systems significantly increases the flashiness of storm runoff above that attributed to impervious area alone.
One side of the debate contends that, if properly applied, relocation is the best method for successful reduction of flood risk (36, 37).
On the other hand, a Sub1 rice variety minimizes the total yield reduction by flood and produces more yield than the intolerant varieties at submerged condition [ 83].
On the other hand, it has been reported that flowering and fruiting both peaked towards the end of the dry season and at the beginning of the wet season in a seasonal palm swamp in association with a reduction in flood levels and the abundance of herbaceous species (Ramírez and Brito 1987).
