Flood Risk Management
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Flood Risk Management

  1. 326 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Flood Risk Management

About this book

In this book, contributions from several experts specializing in the area of flood risk management are assembled into a single volume. Application and testing of numerical and statistical models that can simulate the complex reality along with effective flood management strategies that are being implemented in various nations are presented. This collection of topics will provide an update to the reader as to the state of the art in this important technical field.

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Yes, you can access Flood Risk Management by Theodore Hromadka,Prasada Rao, Theodore Hromadka, Prasada Rao in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Hydrology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
IntechOpen
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9789535134657
eBook ISBN
9789535146902
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Hydrology

Table of contents

  1. Flood Risk Management
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Chapter 1 Strategies for Testing the Impact of Natural Flood Risk Management Measures
  5. Chapter 2 Flood Risk Mapping in the Amazon
  6. Chapter 3 Floods Forecast in the Caribbean
  7. Chapter 4 Economic Growth and Employment Effects as a Result of the Upper Austrian Flood Protection Building Program
  8. Chapter 5 Geodesign a Tool for Redefining Flood Risk Disaster in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Southern Catchment of Ankobra Basin, Ghana
  9. Chapter 6 An Additive Statistical Modeling Approach to the Analysis of Transport Infrastructure Flood Risk-Based Resilience
  10. Chapter 7 Flood Management in China: The Huaihe River Basin as a Case Study
  11. Chapter 8 Two-Dimensional Hydraulic Modeling and Geotechnical Analysis of Earthen Regulation Dams Located at Arroyo Las Viboras Watershed in a Major Transboundary Mexico-USA Metroplex: How an Ordinary Rain Event Caused Major Damage Related to Extraordinary Flooding?
  12. Chapter 9 Understanding Flood Risk Management in Asia: Concepts and Challenges
  13. Chapter 10 Analysis of the Influence of the 2007–2008 La Niña Events, Land Use, and Dam Management Modes on the 2008 Spring Freshet Characteristics in Quebec, Canada
  14. Chapter 11 One- and Two-Dimensional Hydrological Modelling and Their Uncertainties
  15. Chapter 12 Multicriteria Decision Analysis for Flood Risk Management: The Case of the Mapai Dam at the Limpopo River Basin, Mozambique
  16. Chapter 13 Flood Risk Management in Mexico
  17. Chapter 14 Estimating Flood Quantiles on the Basis of Multi-Event Rainfall Simulation
  18. Chapter 15 Towards the Development of a Capability Assessment System for Flood Risk Management