Defence from floods and flood plain management/ edited by John Gardiner, Odon Starosolszky and Vujica Yevjevich

Contributor(s): Gardiner, John, ed | Starosolszky, Odon, ed | Yevjevich, Vujica, edMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publications, 1995Description: xii, 568 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 0792337050; 9780792337058Subject(s): Flood damage prevention | Floodplain management | Geography | Hydraulic engineeringDDC classification: 551.442
Contents:
I -- Defence from Floods -- I.1 Operation of Water Resources Systems for Efficient Defense from Floods -- I.2 Developing Flood Defence as a Sustainable Hazard Alleviation Measure -- I.3 River Training and Defense from Floods -- I.4 Application of Expert Systems (ESs) in Defence from Floods and in Floodplain Management -- I.5 Protecting Levees against Pipings and Overtopping -- I.6 Planning Protective Measures against Seepage through Levees and Dikes -- I.7 The Concept of Seepage Failure of Levees and Causative Condition -- I.8 Forecasts Applications for Defences from Floods -- I.9 Flood Monitoring -- I.10 Urban Flood Control in Karst Areas: The Case of Rethymnon (Greece) -- I.11 Ice and Flood -- I.12 Organization and Preparation for Flood Defence Activities in Hungary -- I.13 Providing Information on Floods A An Approach to the Derivation of the Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph of a Topologically Random Channel Network -- I.13 Providing Information on Floods B Statistical Tests of Probability Distributions for Long Flood Records -- II -- Floodplain Management -- II 1 Operation of Flood-affecting Structures for Optimal Floodplain Management -- II 2 Principles of Floodplain Management -- II 3 The Role of Floodplain Management Planning in Changing Flood Impacts -- II 4 Modeling Tools for Floodplain Management -- II 5 River Channel Adjustment to Floodplain Management -- II 6 Input Detection by the Discrete Linear Cascade Model -- II. 7 Planning and Management of Floodplain Rehabilitation -- Using GIS Technology Tools -- II 8 United States Experience with Floodplain Management -- II 9 Missouri River Reservoir System Impact on the Great Flood of 1993 -- II 10 The Mississippi River Basin: Crucible of National Flood Policies -- II 11 Defence from Floods and Floodplain Management in Middle-size Catchments -- II. 12 Floodplain Protection and Management in Karst Areas -- II 13 Flood Risk Mapping and Analysis with Special Regards to Vulnerability of Protected Floodplain Basin -- III -- Ecological and Social Aspects -- III 1 Economic Evaluation of Flood Insurance Programs -- III 2 Public Perception of Flood Risk and Flood Defence Policies -- III. 3 Case Study: Risk-based Analysis of Flood Reduction Measures -- III. 4 The Evolution of U.S. National Policies on Coastal Hazards -- III. 5 Linkage between the Hydrological and Ecological Systems in the Floodplain -- III 6 Water Quality and River Management in the Netherlands -- III. 7 Environmentally and Socially Sound Utilization of Floodplains; Some Austrian Experiences -- III. 8 The Methods and Mechanisms of Establishing Consensus on Water Management Policy in the Netherlands.
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I --
Defence from Floods --
I.1 Operation of Water Resources Systems for Efficient Defense from Floods --
I.2 Developing Flood Defence as a Sustainable Hazard Alleviation Measure --
I.3 River Training and Defense from Floods --
I.4 Application of Expert Systems (ESs) in Defence from Floods and in Floodplain Management --
I.5 Protecting Levees against Pipings and Overtopping --
I.6 Planning Protective Measures against Seepage through Levees and Dikes --
I.7 The Concept of Seepage Failure of Levees and Causative Condition --
I.8 Forecasts Applications for Defences from Floods --
I.9 Flood Monitoring --
I.10 Urban Flood Control in Karst Areas: The Case of Rethymnon (Greece) --
I.11 Ice and Flood --
I.12 Organization and Preparation for Flood Defence Activities in Hungary --
I.13 Providing Information on Floods A An Approach to the Derivation of the Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph of a Topologically Random Channel Network --
I.13 Providing Information on Floods B Statistical Tests of Probability Distributions for Long Flood Records --
II --
Floodplain Management --
II 1 Operation of Flood-affecting Structures for Optimal Floodplain Management --
II 2 Principles of Floodplain Management --
II 3 The Role of Floodplain Management Planning in Changing Flood Impacts --
II 4 Modeling Tools for Floodplain Management --
II 5 River Channel Adjustment to Floodplain Management --
II 6 Input Detection by the Discrete Linear Cascade Model --
II. 7 Planning and Management of Floodplain Rehabilitation --
Using GIS Technology Tools --
II 8 United States Experience with Floodplain Management --
II 9 Missouri River Reservoir System Impact on the Great Flood of 1993 --
II 10 The Mississippi River Basin: Crucible of National Flood Policies --
II 11 Defence from Floods and Floodplain Management in Middle-size Catchments --
II. 12 Floodplain Protection and Management in Karst Areas --
II 13 Flood Risk Mapping and Analysis with Special Regards to Vulnerability of Protected Floodplain Basin --
III --
Ecological and Social Aspects --
III 1 Economic Evaluation of Flood Insurance Programs --
III 2 Public Perception of Flood Risk and Flood Defence Policies --
III. 3 Case Study: Risk-based Analysis of Flood Reduction Measures --
III. 4 The Evolution of U.S. National Policies on Coastal Hazards --
III. 5 Linkage between the Hydrological and Ecological Systems in the Floodplain --
III 6 Water Quality and River Management in the Netherlands --
III. 7 Environmentally and Socially Sound Utilization of Floodplains; Some Austrian Experiences --
III. 8 The Methods and Mechanisms of Establishing Consensus on Water Management Policy in the Netherlands.

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