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Table of contents (48 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Coping with floods in perspective
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Front Matter
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Hydrologic characteristics of floods
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Front Matter
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Case studies on hydrologic characteristics of floods
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About this book
Tools for forecasting and mitigating floods have been developed through research in the recent past. Two innovations currently influence flood hazard mitigation, after many decades of lack of significant progress: they are the development of new technologies for real-time flood forecast and warning (based on weather radars and satellites) and a shift from structural to non-structural flood control measures, due to increased awareness of the importance of protecting the environment and the adverse impacts of hydraulic works on it.
This book is a review of research progress booked in the improvements of forecast capability and the control of floods. Mostly the book presents the results of recent research in hydrology, modern techniques of real-time forecast and warning, and ways of controlling floods for smaller impacts on the environment. A number of case studies of floods in different geographical areas are also presented.
Scientists and specialists working in fields of hydrology, environmental protection and hydraulic engineering will appreciate this book for its theoretical and practical content.
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Water Management, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Giuseppe Rossi
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Civil Engineering Department, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
Nilgun Harmancioğlu
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Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
Vujica Yevjevich
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Coping with Floods
Editors: Giuseppe Rossi, Nilgun Harmancioğlu, Vujica Yevjevich
Series Title: NATO Science Series E:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1098-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1994
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2706-6Published: 28 February 1994
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4480-6Published: 05 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-1098-3Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0168-132X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 776
Topics: Hydrogeology, Environmental Management, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics