Model for Crop Allocation in Rural Floodplains
Publication: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 114, Issue 1
Abstract
A model for rural land‐use allocation in terms of areas allocated to floodwater storage and types of crops grown is presented. The model integrates a dynamic programming formulation with a procedure for recognizing variation in the susceptibility of crops to flood damage with the age of the plant, the possibility of more than one damaging flood in a single growing season, and the possible variation in flood frequency over the growing season. The existence of multiple annual floods is considered by incorporating the expected damage prior to a second flood in a single season into the expected damage calculation for later flood events. Time‐dependent susceptibility to damage and variation in flood frequency is handled through the calculation of the joint probability of a particular stage of growth and flood event in discrete intervals in the growing season.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
References
1.
Bialas, W. F., and Loucks, D. P. (1978). “Nonstructural floodplain planning.” Water Resour. Res., 14(1), 67–74.
2.
Canadian Grain Commission. (1973). Grain statistics weekly. Economics and Statistics Division, Canadian Grain Commission, Ottawa, Canada.
3.
Committee on Headwater Flood and Erosion Control. (1982). Report on activities in Wilson Creek watershed. Series of Annual Reports on the Wilson Creek Experimental Watershed from 1959–1982, prepared for the Committee on Headwater Flood and Erosion Control. Planning Division, Water Resources Branch, Department of Natural Resources, Winnipeg, Canada, 1959–1982.
4.
Day, J. C. (1970). “A recursive programming model for non‐structural flood damage control.” Water Resour. Res., 6(5), 1262–1271.
5.
Goulter, I. C. (1984). “Rainfall elevation relationships in the Wilson Creek experimental watershed.” Can. J. Civ. Engrg., 11(1), 121–127.
6.
Goulter, I. C., and Morgan, D. R. (1983). “Analyzing alternative flood damage reduction measures on small rural watersheds using multiple return period floods.” Water Resour. Res., 19(6), 1376–1382.
7.
Goulter, I. C., Hopkins, L. D., and Wenzel, H. G., Jr. (1983). “A technique for watershed land use planning under uncertainty.” Envir. and Plng. A, Int. J. Urban and Regional Res., London, England, 15, 987–992.
8.
Hannan, T. C. (1985). “Rural land use allocation for flood damage mitigation through dynamic programming considering multiple annual floods and time dependent flood damage susceptibility.” Thesis presented to the University of Manitoba, at Manitoba, Canada, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
9.
Hannan, T. C., and Goulter, I. C. (1985). “Agricultural flood damage evaluation with multiple annual floods and time dependent susceptibility to flood damage.” Proc. 2nd International Conference on the Hydraulics of Floods and Flood Control, Cambridge University, Cambridge, U.K., organized and sponsored by the BHRA, The Fluid Engineering Centre, Cranfield, U.K., 419–427.
10.
Hopkins, L. D., et al. (1978). “Land use allocation model for flood control.” J. Water Resour. Plng. Mgmt. Div., ASCE, 104(1), 93–104.
11.
Hopkins, L. D., et al. (1981). “Analyzing flood plain policies using an interdependent land use allocation model.” Water Resour. Res., 17(3), 469–477.
12.
James, L. D. (1965). “Nonstructural measures for flood control.” Water Resour. Res., 1(1), 9–24.
13.
James, L. D. (1967). “Economic analysis of alternative flood control measures.” Water Resour. Res., 3(2), 333–342.
14.
Lacewell, R. P., and Eidman, V. R. (1972). “General model for evaluating agricultural flood plains.” Am. J. Agric. Econ., 54(1), 92–101.
15.
Leyshon, A. J., and Sheard, R. W. (1974). “Influence of short‐term flooding on the growth and plant nutrient composition of barley.” Can. J. Soil Sci., 54(4), 463–473.
16.
Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation. (1980). “Tables of Coverage Options.” Agriculture Canada—Manitoba Department of Agriculture, Winnipeg, Canada.
17.
Manitoba Department of Agriculture. (1983). 1983 field crop recommendations for Manitoba, Manitoba Department of Agriculture, Winnipeg, Canada.
18.
Mays, L. W., and Bedient, P. B. (1982). “Model for optimal size and location for detention.” J. Water Resour. Plng. Mgmt. Div., ASCE, 108(3), 270–284.
19.
Soil Conservation Service. (1966). SCS national engineering handbook. Section 6, Hydrology, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 114 • Issue 1 • January 1988
Pages: 1 - 19
Copyright
Copyright © 1988 ASCE.
History
Published online: Jan 1, 1988
Published in print: Jan 1988
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.