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Modeling Mitigation Strategies for Risk Reduction at Imja Lake, Nepal
University of Texas Digital Repository
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Modeling Mitigation Strategies for Risk Reduction at Imja Lake, Nepal |
| Creator | Somos-Valenzuela, Marcelo A. McKinney, Daene C. Byers, Alton C. Rounce, David R. Portocarrero, Cesar |
| Subject | Imja Lake, Nepal water resources GLOF glacial lake outburst flood |
| Description | A model was developed to assess the impact of a potential glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) from Imja Lake in Nepal and its impact on downstream communities. Implications of proposed GLOF risk reduction alternatives, including one suggested by local community members, were assessed. Results provided three alternatives that offer significant risk reduction for the communities, including (1) no lowering of the lake and constructing a 60 m flood detention dam, resulting in a 43.2 percent... |
| Publisher | Center for Research in Water Resources, University of Texas at Austin |
| Date | 2014-12-08T19:45:21Z 2014-12-08T19:45:21Z 2013-08 2014-12-08 |
| Type | Technical report |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/27736 |
| Language | eng |
| Relation | CRWR Online Report;2013-06 |
