{"product_id":"9781587298547","title":"Watershed Year: Anatomy of the Iowa Floods of 2008","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn June 2008, the rivers of eastern Iowa rose above their banks to create floods of epic proportions; their amazing size-flowing in places at a rate nearly double that of the previous record flood-and the rapidity of their rise ruined farmlands and displaced thousands of residents and hundreds of businesses. By providing a solid base of scientific and technical information presented with unusual clarity and a wealth of supporting illustrations, the contributors to this far-reaching book, many of whom dealt firsthand with the 2008 floods, provide a detailed roadmap of the causes and effects of future devastating floods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the book draws most of its examples from one particular region, it explains flooding throughout a much larger region-the midwestern Corn Belt-and thus its sobering yet energizing lessons apply well beyond eastern Iowa. By examining the relationships among rivers, floodplains, weather, and modern society; by stressing matters of science and fact rather than social or policy issues; and by addressing multiple environmental problems and benefits, the twenty-five essays in A Watershed Year inform and educate all those who experienced the 2008 floods and all those concerned with the larger causes of flooding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Iowa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018396811504,"sku":"9781587298547","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781587298547_p0.jpg?v=1763807287","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781587298547","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}