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First book providing a comprehensive summary of various topics in flood warning, forecasting and emergency response procedures
Based on up-to-date research and experience gained from the implementation of operational flood forecasting and warning systems in the UK and overseas
New areas are discussed, such as the use of probabilistic flood forecasts and Decision Support Systems to optimize emergency response, and techniques for monitoring and assessing the performance of a flood warning service
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Flood Warning
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Flood Forecasting
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Emergency Response
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Back Matter
About this book
Recent flood events in Europe, the USA and elsewhere have shown the devastating impact that flooding can have on people and property. Flood warning and forecasting systems provide a well-established way to help to reduce the effects of flooding by allowing people to be evacuated from areas at risk, and for measures to be taken to reduce damage to property. With sufficient warning, temporary defences (sandbags, flood gates etc) can also be installed, and river control structures operated to mitigate the effects of flooding.
Many countries and local authorities now operate some form of flood warning system, and the underlying technology requires knowledge across a range of technical areas, including rainfall and tidal detection systems, river and coastal flood forecasting models, flood warning dissemination systems, and emergency response procedures.
This book provides a comprehensive account of the flood forecasting, warning and emergency response process, including techniques for predicting the development of flood events, and for issuing appropriate warnings. Related topics, such as telemetry and information systems, and flood warning economics, are also discussed. For perhaps the first time, this book brings together in a single volume the many strands of this interesting multidisciplinary topic, and will serve as a reference for researchers, policy makers and engineers. The material on meteorological, hydrological and coastal modelling and monitoring may also be of interest to a wider audience.
Authors and Affiliations
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UK
Kevin Sene
About the author
The author K. Sene has wide practical experience in the implementation of operational flood warning and forecasting systems, together with research experience in hydrology, meteorology and information systems. He has also played a leading role in developing several best practice guidelines on flood forecasting techniques for use by engineers and policy makers.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Flood Warning, Forecasting and Emergency Response
Authors: Kevin Sene
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77853-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-77852-3Published: 21 August 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09665-5Published: 06 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-77853-0Published: 15 August 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 303
Number of Illustrations: 59 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Management, Meteorology, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Climate Change