Abstract
Paleoflood hydrology is not merely one of several alternative methods for risk-based design. Rather, certain kinds of accurate data on the largest paleofloods of recent millennia provide the independent means for testing either (a) flood-frequency analysis of conventional data, or (b) model-based flood parameters like the probable maximum flood. Unless it can be rationalized that such testing is unnecessary, then present flood design practice in the U.S. is subject to the accusation that it largely ignores a critical source of real-world information on precisely that phenomenon which it purports to wisely control: rare, high-hazard flooding.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Hydraulic Engineering - Proceedings of the 1990 National Conference |
| Editors | Howard H. Chang, Joseph C. Hill |
| Publisher | Publ by ASCE |
| Pages | 433-438 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0872627748 |
| State | Published - Dec 1 1990 |
| Event | Hydraulic Engineering - Proceedings of the 1990 National Conference - San Diego, CA, USA Duration: Jul 30 1990 → Aug 3 1990 |
Publication series
| Name | Hydraulic Engineering - Proceedings of the 1990 National Conference |
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Other
| Other | Hydraulic Engineering - Proceedings of the 1990 National Conference |
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| City | San Diego, CA, USA |
| Period | 7/30/90 → 8/3/90 |
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Baker, V. R., Ely, L. L., & O'Connor, J. E. (1990). Paleoflood hydrology and design decision for high-risk projects. In H. H. Chang, & J. C. Hill (Eds.), Hydraulic Engineering - Proceedings of the 1990 National Conference (pp. 433-438). (Hydraulic Engineering - Proceedings of the 1990 National Conference). Publ by ASCE.