flood control
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffloodandcontrol
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flood
noun
uk/flʌd/us/flʌd/
a large amount of water covering an area that is ...
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control
noun
uk/kənˈtrəʊl/us/kənˈtroʊl/
the act of controlling something or someone, or the power to ...
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(Definition offloodandcontrolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In this paper we explore how working together to buildfloodcontrolstructures, especially storage capacity, may not always be beneficial to all parties involved.
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Its members used numbers to bring rationality to public decisions concerning navigation andfloodcontrol.
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In contrast, in humid regions wherefloodcontrolis the determining factor, inflow - flood severity - uncertainty may further enhance cooperation.
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Many of these services, such as erosion control, storm protection,floodcontrol, and water quality maintenance, are not valued in the market at all.
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For agriculture,floodcontrolstructures may reduce productivity over time for two reasons.
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A more detailed model, one that incorporates these various externalities offloodcontrolprojects, could provide results that further support ours.
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These would be the maintenance costs for a dam which is mainly used for irrigation andfloodcontrol.
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Second, the flood pulse is important for groundwater recharge and this may be reduced withfloodcontrol structures, thus reducing irrigation water available for agriculture.
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It has more technical know-how onfloodcontrol.
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Wetlands provide a variety of important environmental services includingfloodcontrol, wildlife habitat, waste treatment, and recreational opportunities.
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This is whenfloodcontrolstructures are most useful, but only to an extent.
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Since there remains a benefit tofloodcontrol, contributing again becomes rational.
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However, when droughts are rare and floods more common, then the selfish use offloodcontrolinfrastructure by the controlling nation generally confers benefits on the downstream nations.
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Since much of this research has focused on water management for consumption and agriculture, other forms of water management-namely, for drainage andfloodcontrol-remain poorly understood.
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Halls' results suggest that floodplain fish productivity is reduced by as much as 50 per cent due to thefloodcontrolstructures.
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This is becausefloodcontrolstructures erode the floodplain nursery and feeding habitats of river fish, although the extent of this effect is not well understood.
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Halls (1998) finds thatfloodcontrolstructures not only reduce fish production because they reduce the area flooded, but that they also reduce overall fish productivity.
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The possibility of combiningfloodcontrolwith electricity generation will be borne in mind.
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There have been celebrated cases where the interests of conservation as againstfloodcontrolor agriculture have been matters of great controversy.
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Forgive me for repeating the obvious: their functions are land drainage,floodcontrol, prevention of pollution.
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