Water Resources Engineering Risk Assessment

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Risk Analysis of Water Quantity and Quality Problems: The Engineering Approach

      • Jacques Ganoulis, Lucien Duckstein, Istvan Bogardi

      Pages 3-17

3. Uncertainty Analysis of Hydrologic Inputs

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. Risk Analysis of Hydrological Data Using Gamma Family and Derived Distributions

      • B. Bobée, F. Ashkar, R. Roy, L. Perreault

      Pages 21-41

   3. Reliability in Regional Drought Studies

      • Francisco Nunes Correia, Maria Alzira Santos, Rui Raposo Rodrigues

      Pages 43-62

   4. Reliability in Groundwater Recharge and Quality Parameters

      • L. W. De Backer

      Pages 63-72

   5. Reliability in Remote Sensing of Oceanographic Characteristics

      • J. P. Gastellu-Etchegorry

      Pages 73-90

   6. On the Sampling Distribution of Exceedance Probabilities

      • Peter Funder Rasmussen

      Pages 91-96

   7. The Contribution of Long-Term Records of Hydrologic Extremes to Risk Analyses

      • Yehouda Enzel, Lisa L. Ely, P. Kyle House, Victor R. Baker, Lucien Duckstein, Jean Weber

      Pages 97-104

   8. Paleoflood Records and Risk Assessment: Examples from the Colorado River Basin

      • Lisa L. Ely, Yehouda Enzel, Jim E. O’Connor, Victor R. Baker

      Pages 105-112

4. Quantification of Risks in Water Quantity & Quality Problems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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   2. Stochastic Dynamic System Theory: A Challenge for Natural Resources Management

      • Eric Parent

      Pages 115-136

   3. Probabilistic Modelling of Water Quality in Rivers

      • Erich J. Plate

      Pages 137-166

   4. Risk in Coastal Pollution

      • Jacques Ganoulis

      Pages 167-188

   5. Probabilistic Simulation for Reliable Solute Source Identification in Heterogeneous Porous Media

      • Amvrossios C. Bagtzoglou, Andrew F. B. Tompson, David E. Dougherty

      Pages 189-201

   6. Bayesian Analysis of Robustness of Models in Water and Environmental Sciences

      • J. Bernier

      Pages 203-229

   7. Reliability with Fuzzy Elements in Water Quantity and Quality Problems

      • Lucien Duckstein, Istvan Bogardi

      Pages 231-251

5. Risk Management in Water Resources & Environmental Engineering

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253

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   2. Consideration of Reliability in System Design for Ground Water Remediation

      • W. Woldt, I. Bogardi, L. Duckstein

      Pages 255-282

Although many theoretical developments have been achieved in recent years, the progress both in understanding and application of risk and reliability analysis in water resources and environmental engineering remains slow. One of the reasons seems to be the lack of training of engineers with phenomena of statistical nature, including optimum cost and benefit decisions under uncertainty. This book presents, in a unified and comprehensive framework, the various aspects of risk and reliability in bothwater quantity and quality problems. The topics covered include uncertainty analysis of water quantity and quality data, stochastic simulation of hydrosystems, decision theory under uncertaintyand case studies. Methods for risk analysis of extremes in hydrology, groundwater clean-up, river and coastal pollution as well as total risk management are presented.

• Hydrologie
• Hydrology
• Risikoanalyse
• Umwelttechnik
• Umweltverschmutzung
• Wasserversorgung
• Water Resources
• environment
• natural resources
• pollution
• water quality and water pollution

• Dept. of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

  Jacques Ganoulis

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