Overview
- Delivers broad coverage of the topic, with examples from many different countries
- Uses abundant illustrations to present processes in visual form
- Collects contributions from the best experts, otherwise not available in English
Part of the book series: Springer Geography (SPRINGERGEOGR)
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Hydrometeorological Background
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Front Matter
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Floods
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About this book
This book presents new research on the geomorphological impacts of extreme precipitation events. It focuses on the extreme summer floods, which affected Central and Eastern Europe in 2010. Case studies on their consequences, including inundations, urban flooding, soil erosion, river bank retreat, alluvial fan accumulation, evolution of karst depressions, debris flows, landslides and soil saturation are presented for Poland, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Macedonia. This key applied geomorphology book is crucial for anyone interested in these processes and their consequences and also for decision makers who face these catastrophes.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dénes Lóczy, DSc, is the head of the Institute of Environmental Sciences at the University of Pécs (Hungary). His research interests are floodplain geomorphology, management and human impact on the environment. He is co-editor of the books "Anthropogenic Geomorphology" and "Recent Landform Evolution".
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Geomorphological impacts of extreme weather
Book Subtitle: Case studies from central and eastern Europe
Editors: Denes Loczy
Series Title: Springer Geography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6301-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6300-5Published: 14 June 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0010-6Published: 27 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6301-2Published: 03 June 2013
Series ISSN: 2194-315X
Series E-ISSN: 2194-3168
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 373
Number of Illustrations: 91 b/w illustrations, 125 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geomorphology, Natural Hazards, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Atmospheric Sciences