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UC Irvine researchers stress need for local topography and infrastructure data
July 24, 2024
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infrastructure
UCI Podcast: Evaluating California’s flood risk
Brett Sanders, UCI professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been focusing his research efforts on understanding flood risk to Southern California’s communities. Over the years he has studied the impact of climate change-caused sea level rise along California’s coast. Lately he has been examining flood risk to regions further inland, in many cases affecting […]
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