Flood Problem and Management in South Asia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Hydrometeorological Aspects of Floods in India

   • O. N. Dhar, Shobha Nandargi

   Pages 1-33

3. Three Recent Extreme Floods in Bangladesh: A Hydro-Meteorological Analysis

   • M. Monirul Qader Mirza

   Pages 35-64

4. Geomorphic Effects of Monsoon Floods on Indian Rivers

   • Vishwas S. Kale

   Pages 65-84

5. The Disastrous Flood of 1998 and Long Term Mitigation Strategies for Dhaka City

   • I. M. Faisal, M. R. Kabir, A. Nishat

   Pages 85-99

6. Floodplain Residents’ Preferences for Water Level Management Options in Flood Control Projects in Bangladesh

   • Harun Rasid, Wolfgang Haider

   Pages 101-129

7. Flood Management in India

   • P. K. Mohapatra, R. D. Singh

   Pages 131-143

8. Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in the Nepal Himalaya: A Manageable Hazard?

   • Richard Kattelmann

   Pages 145-154

9. Floods and Vulnerability: Need to Rethink Flood Management

   • Ajaya Dixit

   Pages 155-179

10. Regional Cooperation in Flood Management in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Region: Bangladesh Perspective

    • Q. K. Ahmad, Ahsan Uddin Ahmed

    Pages 181-198

11. Economics of Flood Protection in India

    • Sujata Gupta, Akram Javed, Divya Datt

    Pages 199-210

Flood Problem and Management in South Asia focuses on both the hazard and the vulnerability aspects of floods. This book addresses floods in South Asia from a multidisciplinary approach. The characteristics and nature of the flood problem and its management aspects are examined. It is suggested that flood control and management focused on structural solutions using embankments and reservoirs are insufficient. Effective solutions must go beyond structural measures and require major restructuring of both legal systems and institutions responsible for management. For those people living in the vast flood plains of South Asia to be able to overcome social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities, an adaptive approach to management of flood risks that identifies specific strategies is needed.

• environment
• glacial
• hazard
• reservoir
• rivers
• water
• hydrogeology

The book is undoubtedly of considerable interest to flood experts. It refers to the most difficult area of the globe, where flood hazard is very far from being satisfactorily controlled. It is necessary to live with floods and try to minimize damage. The book is a valuable source of information and data on floods, flood damage and flood protection and management. Also the list of references is useful and comprehensive.

(Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz in Hydrological Sciences Journal, 49: 5, October 2004)

• Adaptation and Impacts Research Group (AIRG), Institute for Environmental Studies (IES), University of Toronto, Canada

  M. Monirul Qader Mirza

• Nepal Water Conservation Foundation (NWCF), Kathmandu, Nepal

  Ajaya Dixit

• IUCN — World Conservation Union, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  Ainun Nishat

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