| Abstract: | The floods of January 1969 in south-coastal California provide a timely example of the effect of urban sprawl on flood damage. Despite recordbreaking, or near recordbreaking, stream discharges, damage was minimal in the older developed areas that are protected against inundation and debris damage by carefully planned flood-control facilities, including debris basins and flood-conveyance channels. By contrast, heavy damage occurred in areas of more recent urban sprawl, where the hazards of inundation and debris or landslide damage have not been taken into consideration, and where the improvement and development of drainage or flood-control facilities have not kept pace with expanding urbanization. |
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| ProdID: | 3537 |
| Citation Author: | Rantz, S. E. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vii, B1-B11 p. :illus., map. ;26 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | [U.S. Geological Survey], |
| Citation Series: | Circular |
| Citation Series Code: | CIR |
| Citation Series Number: | 601-B |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Urban sprawl and flooding in southern California; 1970; CIR; 601-B; Rantz, S. E. |
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| Citation Year: | 1970 |
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| Text: | Urban sprawl and flooding in southern California; 1970; CIR; 601-B; Rantz, S. E. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1970/0601b/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1970/0601b/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | [U.S. Geological Survey], |
