عنوان

Coping with Floods

(Number (ISBN

9401044805

(Number (ISBN

9401110980

(Number (ISBN

9789401044806

(Number (ISBN

9789401110983

Number

b594792

Title Proper

Coping with Floods

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Giuseppe Rossi, Nilgun Harmancioğlu, Vujica Yevjevich.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Netherlands

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1994

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(792 pages 31 illustrations)

Series Title

NATO Science Series E: (closed), Applied Sciences (Continued Within NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry),, 257.

Text of Note

Preface. Part I: Coping with Floods in Perspective; V. Yevjevich, G. Rossi. Part II: Hydrologic Characteristics of Floods; R.A. Clark, D.W. Reed, J.A. Ramirez, J.D. Salas, R. Rosso, E.E. Wohl, R.D. Jarrett, F. Rossi, P. Villani, N.B. Harmanciogammalu, B. OEnoez, B. Ogammauz, S. Birikundavyi, J. Rousselle, M. Bayazit, Zhong-Min Wang, G.L. Vandewiele, C. Molina Sempere, M. del Rosario Vidal-Abarca, M. Luisa Suarez, K. Harkayi. Part III: Hydraulic Characteristics of Floods; G. Labadie, B. Reitano, J.B. Marco, G. di Silvio, Y. Gyasi-Agyei, F.P. De Troch, P.A. Troch, P.Y. Julien. Part IV: Flood Forecast and Warning; L. Lanza, P. la Barbera, F. Siccardi, R.A. Clark, A.D. Feldman, G.A. Schultz, C. Obled, P. Tourasse, A. Wroblewski. Part V: Impacts of Floods; D.A. Moser, J. Gardiner, D.S. Mileti, A. Melih Yanmaz. Part VI: Measures for Coping with Floods; V. Yevjevich, D.A. Moser, B. Reitano, G. Rossi, OE. Starosolszky, N.B. Harmancigammalu, A.D. Feldman, J. Gardiner, G.A. Schultz, J.B. Marco, A. Cayuela, E. Gruntfest, F. Nunes Correia, M. Da Graca Saraiva, L. Soczka, T.E. Mirtskhoulava, J. Ganoulis, M. Brilly, M. Smith. Index.

Text of Note

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.

Parallel Title

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Erice, Italy, November 3--15, 1992

Floods -- Congresses.

Floods.

edited by Giuseppe Rossi, Nilgun Harmancioğlu, Vujica Yevjevich.

Giuseppe Rossi

Nilgun Harmancioğlu

Vujica Yevjevich

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