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Holistic behavior of urban pond systems for flood risk mitigation-a case study in Jaffna municipal council area

Thilakarathne, J.A.S.I.; Wijayaratna, T.M.N.; Rajapakse, R.L.H.L. (2016)

In many drought-affected areas, it is very common that the peak rainfall intensities are very high even though the total annual rainfall is considerably low and it results in severe flood hazards. During the rainy season, ...
Scenario analysis to identify a sustainable pond rehabilitation approach for flood mitigation: A case study in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Thilakarathne, J.A.S.I.; Wijayaratna, T.M.N.; Rajapakse, R.L.H.L. (National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka., 2019)

Jaffna peninsula which includes a land mass of 1026 km2 with 9.3% of inland water bodies suffers from severe flooding during the second inter-monsoon (October ~ December) where it receives about 68% of its total annual ...

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