Floods are difficult to prevent but can be managed in order to reduce their environmental, social, cultural, and economic impacts. Flooding poses a serious threat to life and property, and therefore it’s very important that flood risks be taken into account during any planning process. This handbook presents different aspects of flooding in the context of a changing climate and across various geographical locations. Written by experts from around the world, it examines flooding in various climates and landscapes, taking into account environmental, ecological, hydrological, and geomorphic factors, and considers urban, agriculture, rangeland, forest, coastal, and desert areas.

Features

  • Presents the main principles and applications of the science of floods, including engineering and technology, natural science, as well as sociological implications.
  • Examines flooding in various climates and diverse landscapes, taking into account environmental, ecological, hydrological, and geomorphic factors.
  • Considers floods in urban, agriculture, rangeland, forest, coastal, and desert areas
  • Covers flood control structures as well as preparedness and response methods.
  • Written in a global context, by contributors from around the world.
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This handbook presents different aspects of flooding in the context of changing climate and across geographical locations. Written by experts from around the world, it examines flooding with regard to environmental, ecological, hydrological, and geomorphic factors, and considers urban, agriculture, rangeland, forest, coastal, and desert areas.

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Part I: An Introduction to Flooding

  1. Flash Flood Definition: Characteristics, Sources and Analysis-David Archer
  2. Geomorphoogy and Flooding-Giovanni Barrocu
  3. Mediterranean Flooding- Samir Algamal
  4. Arid Zone Flooding-Hassan Rezaei Sadr
  5. Hydroelectric and Floods-R. K. Saket
  6. Part II: Social Aspects and Guidelines

  7. Social Aspects of Flooding-Bintul Huda Mir
  8. Stakeholder Collaboration in Flood Risk Management-Karen Potter
  9. Impacts of flooding on Nigeria Educational Sector and Innovative Solutions-Benjamin Anabaraonye
  10. International Law and Policies on Floods-Sergio Peña Neira
  11. Guidelines for Unit Hydrograph Analyses-Richard McCuen
  12. Parst III: Past Floods

  13. History of World Extreme Floods-Mousa Maleki
  14. Isotope Techniques in Flood Analysis- Samir Algamal
  15. Paleoflood and Historical Flood Hydrology-Victor R. Baker
  16. Bankfull Stage and Flood Return Periods- Iftekhar Ahmed
  17. Dominant Discharge of Rivers- Iftekhar Ahmed
  18. Flood Mark Applications-Niranjan Bhattacharjee
  19. Part IV: Food Measurement and Estimation

  20. Regional Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves in Algeria-Bénina Touaibia
  21. Dynamic Curve Numbers: Concept and Application-Sara Nazif
  22. Application of SCS-CN for Estimating Runoff on Arid Watershed-Dilip Kumar Ghose
  23. Flood Hydrograph and Base Flow Separation using the Web Based Hydrograph Analysis Tool -Never Mujere
  24. Part V: Flood Control and Uses

  25. Closed Drainage Systems-Qin Qian
  26. Flood Water Harvesting- Nasir Rather
  27. Flood Spreading-Reza Ghazavi
  28. Biotechnology and Flood-Resistant Rice-Saima Aslam
  29. A Novel Groundwater Recharge using Storm water Drainage-Jayantial Patel
  30. Part VI: Flooding and Quality Aspects

  31. Sampling and Analytical Techniques for Flood Water Quality Monitoring-Josephine Treacy
  32. Watershed Contamination by a Copper Mine with Flooding-Emery Coppola Jr.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781138584938
Publisert
2022-04-04
Utgiver
Vendor
CRC Press
Vekt
1251 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
608

Biografisk notat

Dr. Saeid Eslamian is professor of Hydrology at Isfahan University of Technology, where he heads the Hydrology Research Group in the Department of Water Engineering. His research focuses mainly on statistical and environmental hydrology and climate change. In particular, he is working on modeling and prediction of natural hazards including flood, drought, storms, wind, groundwater drawdown, and pollution for arid and semi-arid zones, particularly in urban areas. He is also a Visiting Professor at Princeton University, and University of ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
He has contributed to more than 300 publications in books, research journals, and technical reports or papers in conferences. He is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of both the International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology and the Journal of Flood Engineering. He received ASCE and EWRI awards in 2009 and 2010 for his research.

Faezeh Eslamian holds a Ph.D. in Bioresource Engineering from McGill University, Canada. Her research focuses on the development of a novel lime-based product to mitigate phosphorus loss from agricultural fields. Faezeh completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil and environmental engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, Iran, where she evalu-ated natural and low-cost absorbents for the removal of pollutants such as textile dyes and heavy metals. Furthermore, she has conducted research on worldwide water quality standards and wastewater reuse guidelines. Faezeh is an experienced multidisciplinary researcher with an interest in soil and water quality, environ-mental remediation, water reuse, and drought management.