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Flood Issues in Contemporary Water Management

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Editors:
  1. Jiri Marsalek

    1. National Water Research Institute, Burlington, Canada

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  2. W. Ed Watt

    1. Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

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  3. Evzen Zeman

    1. Hydroinform a.s. Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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  4. Friedhelm Sieker

    1. University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2 (ASEN2, volume 71)

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Table of contents (43 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Overview of Flood Issues in Contemporary Water Management

    • J. Marsalek
    Pages 1-16

  3. Improvement of Flood Protection in Czech Republic

    • Pavel Puncochar, Marek Mata, Daniel Pokorny
    Pages 17-24

  4. 1997/1998 Floods in the Czech Republic: Hydrological Evaluation

    • J. Kubát
    Pages 25-39

  5. Regional Estimation of Design Flood Discharges for River Restoration in Mountainous Basis of Northern Slovakia

    • S. Kohnová, J. Szolgay
    Pages 41-47

  6. Flood Flow Regionalization Based on L-Moments and Its Use with the Index Flood Method

    • Juraj Čunderlík
    Pages 49-59

  7. The First Use of HEC-5 in Flood Analysis in Turkey

    • Osman N. Ozdemir
    Pages 61-65

  8. The Great Flood of 1997 in Poland: The Truth and Myth

    • K. Szamalek
    Pages 67-74

  9. Achievements and Future Needs Towards Improved Flood Protection in the Oder River Basin: Results of the EU-Expert Meeting on the Oder Flood in Summer ‘97

    • A. Bronstert, Z. W. Kundzewicz, L. Menzel
    Pages 75-83

  10. The 1998 Extreme Flood on the Tisza River

    • István Kránicz
    Pages 85-94

  11. Causes and Peculiarities of Recent Floods on the Dniester River

    • A. Shulyarenko, M. Yatsyuk, L. Shulyarenko
    Pages 95-100

  12. Modelling Tools — the Key Elements for Evaluation of Impacts of Anthropogenic Activities on Flood Generation, With Reference to the 1997 Morava River Flooding

    • E. Zeman, P. Bíza
    Pages 101-114

  13. Postwar Changes in Land Use in Former West Germany and the Increased Number of Inland Floods

    • R. R. Van der Ploeg, D. Hermsmeyer, J. Bachmann
    Pages 115-123

  14. Anthropogenic Impacts on the Formation of Flash Floods and Measures for Their Compensation

    • M. W. Ostrowski
    Pages 125-133

  15. 1998 Flood Damages and Remedial Action

    • Vaclav Jirasek
    Pages 135-138

  16. A Database of Historical Flood Events in the Netherlands

    • Martine Jak, Matthijs Kok
    Pages 139-146

  17. Flood Management in Poland

    • A. Lewandowski
    Pages 147-153

  18. Twenty Years of Flood Risk Mapping Under the Canadian National Flood Damage Reduction Program

    • W. Edgar Watt
    Pages 155-165

  19. The Importance of Maps for Floodplain Management and Flood Insurance

    • Mark A. Riebau
    Pages 167-173

  20. Urban Watershed Flood Mitigation Planning and Floodplain Management

    • Ben R. Urbonas, William G. Degroot
    Pages 175-184
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About this book

In 1997 disastrous flooding running through the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany took the lives of a great number of people and caused economic damage estimated in tens of billions of dollars. Flooding of the Yangtze river in 1998 killed more than 3000 people, dislocated 230 million souls, and caused direct damage of more than $ 45 billion. Both the general public and the experts are asking what we can learn from these recent events to reduce loss of life and flood damage.
The 1997 floods were dealt with by experts from the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany, who presented timely reports on combatting floods, both success stories and shortcomings. This experience is further extended by reports from experts drawn from 13 other countries, developing a broad overview of flood risk management, covering the ecosystem approach to flood management, including socioeconomic issues, flood impacts on water quality, human health, and natural ecosystems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Water Research Institute, Burlington, Canada

    Jiri Marsalek

  • Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

    W. Ed Watt

  • Hydroinform a.s. Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

    Evzen Zeman

  • University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Friedhelm Sieker

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Flood Issues in Contemporary Water Management

  • Editors: Jiri Marsalek, W. Ed Watt, Evzen Zeman, Friedhelm Sieker

  • Series Title: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4140-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6451-1Published: 31 July 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6452-8Published: 31 July 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4140-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-1839

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 432

  • Topics: Hydrogeology, Artificial Intelligence

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