Have coastal embankments reduced flooding in Bangladesh?
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Severity of Flood Embankments in Bangladesh and Its Remedial Approach
Construction of earthen flood control embankments is an established practice in Bangladesh for protecting people’s lives and homes, agriculture and infrastructures. The paper reports the results of recent status of river and flood control embankments in Bangladesh based on the field visits to embankments site, collected data and information on failure and on-service embankments during field vis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science of The Total Environment
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0048-9697
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.048