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Preliminary Analysis of Hurricane Harvey Flooding in Harris County, Texas

Posted on September 1, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Nicholas Pinter, Nicholas Santos, and Rui Hui Located in Harris County, Texas, Houston is the 4th most populous city in the US.  The flooding now unfolding in the Houston area is a human and economic disaster likely to rank … Continue reading →

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California, Flood Risk, and the National Flood Insurance Program

Posted on December 14, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Nicholas Pinter, Rui Hui, and Kathy Schaefer Across the US and worldwide, flooding is the deadliest and most costly natural disaster.  The US National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is an imperfect framework for reducing flood losses, but currently the … Continue reading →

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New Baton Rouge flood map show limits of current risk and planning methods

Posted on August 28, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Nicholas Pinter, Nicholas Santos, Rui Hui, Kathleen Schaefer The flooding in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas of Louisiana is a major disaster, claiming an estimated 13 lives and displacing more than 100,000 people from their homes. The National Weather … Continue reading →

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California’s Delta-Groundwater Nexus: Delta Effects of Ending Central Valley Overdraft?

Posted on April 17, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Timothy Nelson, Heidi Chou, Prudentia Zikalala, Jay Lund, Rui Hui, and Josué Medellín–Azuara Surface water and groundwater management are often tightly linked, even when linkage is not intended or expected. This link has special importance in drier regions, such … Continue reading →

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Using Game Theory To Encourage Cooperation in Levee System Planning

Posted on March 13, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Rui Hui, Jay Lund and Kaveh Madani Levees protect land from floods, but not perfectly. Different levees on a river often are controlled by different agencies or groups. A landowner on one riverbank sees the levee system differently from … Continue reading →

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