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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1993 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

William L. Graf is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research primarily occupies the fields of Social Sciences with a focus on Sociology and Political Science as well as Global and Planetary Change.

Their work addresses topics related to Hydropower, Displacement, and Environmental Impact; Flood Risk Assessment and Management; and Transboundary Water Resource Management.

William L. Graf has contributed to academic literature through publications including:

  • Evidence-based indicator approach to guide preliminary environmental impact assessments of hydropower development, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • WITHDRAWN: Evidence-based indicator approach to guide environmental impact assessments of hydropower development, 2020, Ecological Indicators

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Ryan A. McManamay
  • Esther S. Parish
  • Christopher R. DeRolph
  • Adam Witt
  • Alicia Burtner

William L. Graf's research has appeared chiefly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Ecological Indicators

Over the course of their career, William L. Graf has received recognition such as:

  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1993)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Downstream hydrologic and geomorphic effects of large dams on American rivers

    William L. Graf

  • Dam nation: A geographic census of American dams and their large-scale hydrologic impacts

    William L. Graf

  • Fluvial processes in dryland rivers

    William L. Graf

  • Damage Control: Restoring the Physical Integrity of America’s Rivers

    William L. Graf

  • Fluvial adjustments to the spread of tamarisk in the Colorado Plateau region

    William L. Graf

  • The Rate Law in Fluvial Geomorphology

    William L. Graf

  • Reclaiming freshwater sustainability in the Cadillac Desert.

    John L. Sabo;Tushar Sinha;Tushar Sinha;Laura C. Bowling;Gerrit H. W. Schoups

  • Flood-Related Channel Change in an Arid-Region River

    William L. Graf

  • The Impact of Suburbanization on Fluvial Geomorphology

    William L. Graf

  • Network Characteristics in Suburbanizing Streams

    William L. Graf

  • Downstream Changes in Stream Power in the Henry Mountains, Utah

    William L. Graf

  • The Big Questions in Geography

    Susan L. Cutter;Reginald Golledge;William L. Graf

  • Geomorphology and American dams: The scientific, social, and economic context

    William L. Graf

  • A multiobjective optimization model for dam removal: an example trading off salmon passage with hydropower and water storage in the Willamette basin

    Michael J. Kuby;William F. Fagan;Charles S. ReVelle;William L. Graf

  • Geomorphic Systems of North America

    William L. Graf

  • Sedimentation and sustainability of western American reservoirs

    William L. Graf;Ellen Wohl;Tushar Sinha;John L. Sabo

  • The Arroyo Problem: Paleohydrology and Paleohydraulics in the Short Term

    William L. Graf

  • The Geomorphology of the Glacial Valley Cross Section

    William L. Graf

  • The development of montane arroyos and gullies

    William L. Graf

  • Rapids in Canyon Rivers

    William L. Graf

Frequent Co-Authors

John L. Sabo
John L. Sabo Arizona State University
Ellen Wohl
Ellen Wohl Colorado State University
John S. Kominoski
John S. Kominoski Florida International University
Patricia Gober
Patricia Gober Arizona State University
Wesley W. Wallender
Wesley W. Wallender University of California, Davis
Robert H. Webb
Robert H. Webb University of Arizona
Jan W. Hopmans
Jan W. Hopmans University of California, Davis
Anthony J. Brazel
Anthony J. Brazel Arizona State University
Laura C. Bowling
Laura C. Bowling Purdue University West Lafayette
Susan L. Cutter
Susan L. Cutter University of South Carolina

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