Author(s): G. Fracassi

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Keywords: Embankment protection; Pirai river; Santa Cruz de la Sierra; 1983 flood; El Niño

Abstract: Examination of the protection of the embankment built thirty-five years ago to protect the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra which, in 1983, was flooded during an extraordinary flood of the Pirai river, caused by heavy rains caused by the El Niño phenomenon.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-11-2731-1_268-cd

Year: 2018