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Coping with Floods

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Giuseppe Rossi

    1. Institute of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Water Management, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

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  2. Nilgun Harmancioğlu

    1. Civil Engineering Department, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

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  3. Vujica Yevjevich

    1. Civil Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series E: (NSSE, volume 257)

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Table of contents (48 chapters)

  1. Hydraulic characteristics of floods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 289-289
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    2. Flood waves and flooding models

      • Gerard Labadie
      Pages 291-323

    3. Flooding vulnerability analysis at basin-wide scale

      • Bartolomeo Reitano
      Pages 325-351

    4. Flood risk mapping

      • Juan B. Marco
      Pages 353-373

    5. Floods and sediment dynamics in mountain rivers

      • Giampaolo Di Silvio
      Pages 375-392

    6. Case studies on hydraulic characteristics of floods

      1. Estimation of downstream hydraulic geometry exponents with emphasis on channel flow velocity
        • Yeboah Gyasi-Agyei, Francois P. De Troch, Peter A. Troch
        Pages 393-402
      2. Flash flood modeling on Macks Creek
        • Pierre Y. Julien
        Pages 403-410

  2. Flood forecast and warning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 411-411
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    2. Early warnings and quantitative precipitation forecasting

      • Luca Lanza, Paolo La Barbera, Franco Siccardi
      Pages 413-435

    3. Evolution of the national flood forecasting system in the USA

      • Robert A. Clark
      Pages 437-444

    4. Assessment of forecast technology for flood control operation

      • Arlen D. Feldman
      Pages 445-458

    5. Remote sensing for forecasting of floods

      • Gert A. Schultz
      Pages 459-472

    6. Uncertainty in flood forecasting: a French case study

      • Charles Obled, Patrick Tourasse
      Pages 473-501

    7. Empirical Orthogonal Functions (EOF) method in determining and forecasting storm floods in the coastal zones of the sea

      • Andrzej Wróblewski
      Pages 503-512

  3. Impacts of floods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 513-513
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    2. Assessment of the economic effects of flooding

      • David A. Moser
      Pages 515-527

    3. Environmental impact of floods

      • John Gardiner
      Pages 529-548

    4. Public response to flood warnings

      • Dennis S. Mileti
      Pages 549-563

    5. Flood interaction with river crossings: a case study

      • A. Melih Yanmaz
      Pages 565-569

  4. Measures for coping with floods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 571-571
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Keywords

About this book

Floods are natural hazards whose effects can deeply affect the economic and environmental equilibria of a region. Quality of life of people living in areas close to rivers depends on both the risk that a flood would occur and the reliability of flood forecast, warning and control systems.
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

  • Institute of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Water Management, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

    Giuseppe Rossi

  • Civil Engineering Department, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

    Nilgun Harmancioğlu

  • 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

  • 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

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