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A floodplain is a flat, or nearly flat, land that is adjacent to a stream or river which experiences occasional flooding (a naturally occurring process), and those who live near rivers and floodplains are especially interested in them. Historically, floodplains have been used for waste disposal, supplies, power generation, transport and food. In this book, the student or professional will find information about some floodplains around the world and their main problems, as well as some techniques used to study them. This book is divided into nine chapters, and each one aims to show some relevan

Floodplain management. --- Floodplains. --- Flood plains --- River flood plains --- River floodplains --- Valleys --- Flood plain management --- Management of flood plains --- Management of floodplains --- Floodplains --- Watershed management

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Extreme floods cause enormous damage in floodplains, which levees cannot prevent. It is hence vital for spatial planning to provide space for water retention in these areas. However, attempts to make the space for rivers to provide retention are generally

Floodplains. --- Floodplain management. --- Storm surges. --- Flood damage prevention.

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Floods --- Floodplain management. --- Flooding --- Inundations --- Natural disasters --- Water --- Flood plain management --- Management of flood plains --- Management of floodplains --- Floodplains --- Watershed management --- Risk assessment. --- Environmental aspects.

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1 2 2,3 MARTÍN H. IRIONDO , JUAN CÉSAR PAGGI , AND MARÍA JULIETA PARMA 2 The great Paraná basin (2,600,000 km) covers a large portion of the Neotropical Realm, extending from the Andes to the Atlantic coast and c- necting the central regions of South America along 2,200 km in a north–south direction. Most of the basin is under subtropical climates, which range from desertic in the west to humid in the east. The Middle Paraná is a broad, complex floodplain extending 600 km in the heart of the interior lowlands of the continent. This system of river channels, shallow lakes, islands, and wetlands remains unoccupied by man and basically unaltered. From a systemic point of view, this area can be considered to be the most important link and collector of the fluvial chain that conveys huge volumes of nutrients, sediments, and salts from the continent to the South Atlantic Ocean. The influence of the Paraná upon the Atlantic is very important. It has been 2 calculated that a sediment deposit 400 m thick and 1 million km in area ac- mulated in the platform and nearby oceanic bottom over the last 2 million years, with a similar amount of dissolved salts contributed by the river to the ocean. This book details the recent advances in the knowledge of the most important segment of the Parana River, organized according to the scientific structure of the National Institute of Limnology of Argentina (INALI-CONICET-UNL).

Limnology --- Floodplain ecology --- Aquatic sciences --- Freshwater biology --- Floodplain pool ecology --- Floodplains --- Floodwater ecology --- Freshwater ecology --- Valley ecology --- Ecology

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Floodplains. --- Floodplain ecology. --- Human ecology. --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Floodplain pool ecology --- Floodplains --- Floodwater ecology --- Freshwater ecology --- Valley ecology --- Flood plains --- River flood plains --- River floodplains --- Valleys --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on