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Apr 26, 2012

The Pacific Northwest Floods of 1996: Lessons Learned?

Publication: Engineering Approaches to Ecosystem Restoration

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This paper explores public and media perceptions and understandings of the "100-year flood", discusses flooding as a regular and natural occurrence from a historical standpoint and documents flood damage trends, bringing into question the lessons we have really learned from the February 1996 flooding in the Pacific Northwest. Historic flood lessons learned by others are expressed to encourage us to learn from the past and plan for history to repeat itself.

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Engineering Approaches to Ecosystem Restoration
Pages: 1093 - 1098

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Published online: Apr 26, 2012

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Kevin G. Coulton
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Associate, Philip Williams & Associates, Ltd., 1654 SW North Star Loop, Troutdale OR 97060

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