Floods. Risk knowledge / 1, (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Risk knowledge
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Freddy Vinet.
• Editors: Vinet, Freddy
• Contents: Part 1. The Impacts of Floods 1. Analysis of Major Flood Events: Collapse of the Malpasset Dam, December 1959 2. Observation and Measurement of Losses Due to Flooding 3. Flood Impacts on Loss of Life and Human Health 4.Flood-related Impacts on Cultural Heritage 5. Natech Events Triggered by Floods: When Floods Cause Technological Accidents Part 2. The Knowledge of Flood Hazards 6. Techniques and Instruments to Aid in the Monitoring of Flood Events7. Rain and water gauging 7. Flood Hydrology Processes and Their Variabilities 8.Hydrodynamic Modeling to Characterize Floods and Predict Their Impacts 9. Evolution of River Channels and Floods: A Short- to Long-Term Perspective 10. Hydrogeomorphology: Recognition and Evolution of the Flood Phenomenon 11. Structures for Flood Defense and Management 12. Coastal Surges Part 3. Flooded People and Lands: Human Drivers of Flood Impa 13. The Contribution of Historical Data for the Understanding of Floods and Risk Prevention 14. Assessing Vulnerability to Flooding: Progress and Limitations 15. Toward a Process of Resilience Implementation: Capacities, Models and Strategies 16. Cities at Risk from Water: Between Vulnerability and Resilience 17. Networks in the Face of Flooding Part 3. The Future 18. Flood Regimes: Recent Development and Future Under Climate Change 19. Changes in Flood Risk: Retrospective and Prospective Approach
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 551.489; Floods -- Risk assessment; Flood control
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780081023839
• Related ISBNs: 9781785482687
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