River Basin Modelling for Flood Risk Mitigation, Knight, Donald
Автор: Kerstetter Todd M. Название: Flood on the Tracks: Living, Dying, and the Nature of Disaster in the Elkhorn River Basin ISBN: 1682830160 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682830161 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 37620.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The Elkhorn River originates in north-central Nebraska and empties into the Platte River just west of Omaha. One of the first written records of the Elkhorn describes a flood. A flood hindered travel up the river by the valley's first non-Indian settlers. Decade after decade, floods have swept away mill dams, destroyed crops, drowned stock, soaked inventories, filled basements, undercut roads, washed out railroads and bridges, turned unfortunate riverside homes–even a dance hall–into unwieldy watercraft, and killed people. Everyone in the Elkhorn Valley agreed the Flood of 1944 was the worst in history. Until the deadly Flood of 2010 took the title. From a perspective unusual on the Great Plains–the problem of too much water– Flood on the Tracks offers an intimate portrait of life in the Elkhorn River Basin of northeast Nebraska. In a region often defined by aridity, rivers and their basins have provided sustenance, shelter, fertile soil, and overland highways. In many ways Plains rivers organize human lives. When they overflow, which they can be counted on to do, they disorganize them. Using Plains Indian winter counts, postcards, photographs, newspaper accounts, government records, and more, Flood on the Tracks chronicles the river's natural and human history from the Plains Indians into the twenty-first century. The Elkhorn's floods show us how the nature of disaster has changed and how Plainsfolk live–and die–with a river.
Автор: Adams, Thomas Название: Indus River Basin ISBN: 0128127821 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780128127827 Издательство: Elsevier Science Рейтинг: Цена: 105540.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Indus River Basin: Water Security and Sustainability provides a comprehensive treatment of water-related issues within the Indus River basin. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field, hence this book serves as a single, holistic source covering the whole region, not just a single country. Many of the challenges faced by this region are trans-boundary issues, especially within the context of climate change and water scarcity. Topics covered include extreme engineering and water resource management (one of the largest irrigation systems in dry to semi-desert conditions), social sciences (population dynamics linked to water resources) and political sciences.
As such, this book is relevant and important to all researchers interested in these issues.
Includes detailed chapters provided by specialists in each different field as compiled by well experienced editors
Presents work from related fields across the Indus basin and makes them easily accessible on one single place
Shows the Indus River as a type case and shares issues relevant to other locations across the world
Автор: Wang, Chunqing Название: Numerical Modelling of Ice Floods in the Ning-Meng Reach of the Yellow River Basin ISBN: 113837363X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138373631 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 168430.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: During ice freeze-up and break-up in the Ning-Meng reach of the Northern Yellow River unfavourable conditions occur which may cause ice jamming and ice dam formation leading to dike breaching and overtopping of the embankment. The Yellow River Conservancy Commission (YRCC) developed an integrated water resources management plan to safeguard against ice floods and assure the availability of adequate water resources. In this research hydrological and meteorological data were analysed and a numerical ice flood model was developed, enabling better forecasting and improved decision support for upstream reservoir regulation and disaster risk reduction.
Автор: Kerstetter Todd M. Название: Flood on the Tracks: Living, Dying, and the Nature of Disaster in the Elkhorn River Basin ISBN: 1682830209 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682830208 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 33270.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: From a perspective unusual on the Great Plains - the problem of too much water - Flood on the Tracks offers an intimate portrait of life in the Elkhorn River Basin of northeast Nebraska. Using Plains Indian winter counts, postcards, photographs, newspaper accounts, government records, and more, this volume chronicles the river`s natural and human history to the present day.
Автор: Liu Hui Название: Flood Prevention and Drought Relief in Mekong River Basin ISBN: 9811520089 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811520082 Издательство: Springer Цена: 93160.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book provides an overview of flood and drought in the Lower Mekong Basin, reviews the characteristics of flood and drought, and details structural and non-structural measures for flood and drought mitigation employed in the basin countries, as well as their flood and drought mitigation capacity.
Автор: Liu Hui Название: Flood Prevention and Drought Relief in Mekong River Basin ISBN: 9811520054 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811520051 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 93160.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book provides an overview of flood and drought in the Lower Mekong Basin, reviews the characteristics of flood and drought, and details structural and non-structural measures for flood and drought mitigation employed in the basin countries, as well as their flood and drought mitigation capacity.
Modelling urban flood dynamics requires proper handling of a number of complex urban features. Although high-resolution topographic data can nowadays be obtained from aerial LiDAR surveys, such top-view LiDAR data still have difficulties to represent some key components of urban features. Incorrectly representing features like underpasses through buildings or apparent blockage of flow by sky trains may lead to misrepresentation of actual flood propagation, which could easily result in inadequate flood-protection measures. Hence proper handling of urban features plays an important role in enhancing urban flood modelling.
This research explores present-day capabilities of using computer-based environments to merge side-view Structure-from-Motion data acquisition with top-view LiDAR data to create a novel multi-source views (MSV) topographic representation for enhancing 2D model schematizations. A new MSV topographic data environment was explored for the city of Delft and compared with the conventional top-view LiDAR approach. Based on the experience gained, the effects of different topographic descriptions were explored for 2D urban flood models of (i) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the 2003 flood event; and (ii) Ayutthaya, Thailand for the 2011 flood event.
It was observed that adopting the new MSV data as the basis for describing the urban topography, the numerical simulations provide a more realistic representation of complex urban flood dynamics, thus enhancing conventional approaches and revealing specific features like flood watermarks identification and helping to develop improved flood-protection measures.
Автор: Maskey, Shreedhar Название: Modelling Uncertainty in Flood Forecasting Systems ISBN: 9058096947 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789058096944 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 91860.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Colin R Thorne Название: Blue–Green Cities ISBN: 0727764195 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780727764195 Издательство: ICE Рейтинг: Цена: 72690.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Blue-Green Cities communicates that urban flood risk management based on Blue-Green approaches is able to deliver multiple and valuable co-benefits to urban communities.
Автор: Bruce L. Rhoads Название: River Dynamics: Geomorphology to Support Management ISBN: 110719542X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107195424 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 70750.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A comprehensive overview of the geomorphological processes that shape rivers, combining process-based theoretical and geohistorical approaches. It discusses how the dynamics of rivers are being affected by human activity, and how river management techniques which work together with the dynamics of rivers can best be used to restore these systems.
Автор: Ndebele-Murisa Mzime, Kimirei Ismael Aaron, Mubaya Chipo Plaxedes Название: Ecological Changes in the Zambezi River Basin ISBN: 2869787138 ISBN-13(EAN): 9782869787131 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 94890.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
