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Using Iran's unexpected flood in April 2019 as a natural experiment, we show that local branches bridge the time gap between the disaster and governmental aids by immediately increasing their lending for two months following the flood. Analyzing proprietar ...
Elsevier2024Hydromorphological assessment of sediment augmentation measures in gravel-bed rivers
In the riverine environment, the riverscape, sediment and flow regime are essential drivers for natural habitat dynamics. Today, most water courses in Europe are regulated, and their natural dynamics are impaired. Flood releases coupled with the artificial ...
EPFL2023Sediment replenishment as a measure to enhance river habitats in a residual flow reach downstream of a dam
Anton Schleiss, Mário Jorge Rodrigues Pereira Da Franca, Severin Stähly
Floodplains downstream of a dam, where the natural flow regime is replaced by a constant residual flow discharge, often lack sediment supply and periodic inundation due to the absence of natural flood events. In this study, a flood with a one-year return p ...
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