After physicalism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Benedikt Paul Göcke

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451931503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2012
• ISBN: 0-268-08068-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (386 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GöckeBenedikt Paul <1981->
• Disciplina: 147/.4
• Soggetti: Dualism; Materialism; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Improving flood management, prediction and monitoring : case studies in Asia / / edited by Zulkifli Yusop [and four others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910466365303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bingley, UK : , : Emerald Publishing, , 2019
• ISBN: 1-78756-553-X; 1-78756-551-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (165 pages)
• Collana: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management ; ; Volume 20
• Disciplina: 333.910095
• Soggetti: Flood control - Asia; Flood forecasting - Asia; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover -- Improving Flood Management , Prediction and Monitoring: Case Studies in Asia -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Editor Biographies -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgement -- Adaptation Strategies for Flood Mitigation in Pahang River Basin -- Introductıon -- Study Area -- Material and Method -- Results and Discussion -- Demographic Characteristics -- Loss and Damage -- Economic Losses -- Prevention Measures -- Resilience -- Awareness and Empowerment -- Flood Mitigation and Adaptation -- Conclusion and Recommendation -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Application of Interactive Dam Safety Decision Support System (INSPiRE) for Flood Emergency Response Plan (ERP) of Sultan A... -- Module 1 (Database): Development of Database for INSPiRE Decision Support System -- Module 2: Failure Mode Analysis -- Module 3: ERP Formulation for SAB dam -- Communication Module -- References -- Burden of Health-related Issues and Community Empowerment in Malaysia's East Coast Flood -- Introduction -- Community and Health-related Issues -- Materials and Methods -- Study Area and Study Population -- The Instruments -- Results and Discussion -- Background Socio-economic Status of Respondents -- Health Access and Impact -- Conclusions -- References -- Derivation of Region-specific Curve Number for an Improved Runoff Prediction Accuracy -- ; Introduction -- Study Site and Methodology -- Runoff Models' Assessment -- Results and Discussion -- Statistics and Null Hypothesis Assessment -- The Correlation between S0.015 and S0.2 for Melana Watershed -- Runoff Predictive Models Comparison -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Environmental Forensics: A Multi-catchment Approach to Detect Origin of Sediment Featuring Two Pilot Projects in Malaysia -- Introduction -- Principles of Analysis -- Experimental Design -- Laboratory Procedures.; XRF and FTIR Analysis -- Sediment Fingerprinting Statistical Methods -- Un-mixing Model -- Case Studies -- Case Study 1: Segama River Catchment, East Malaysia -- Case Study 2: Kelantan River Basin, West Malaysia -- Results and Discussions -- Sediment Source Dynamics in the Segama Catchments -- Sediment Source Dynamics in the Kelantan Catchments -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Appendix -- Evaluating Transportation Modes and Routes for Disaster Relief in Kelantan Using Geographical Information System -- Introduction -- Study Area and Methodology -- Study Area -- Creating Database -- Flood Modelling Using ArcGIS and HEC-RAS -- Site Suitability Analysis for Helipad Area -- Network Analysis -- Results and Discussion -- Mapping the Evacuation Centres -- Evacuation Routes for Disaster Relief -- Road Network during the December 2014 Flood -- Air to Road Transportation -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Experimental Investigation on Lightweight Composite Slab for Floating Structures -- Introduction -- Lightweight Composite Slab System -- Fabrication of Composite Slab -- Concrete Properties -- Test Procedures -- Results and Discussion -- Test Results -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Facts and Trends of Urban Exposure to Flash Flood: A Case of Kuala Lumpur City -- Introduction -- Study Area -- Materials and Methods -- Review and Content Analysis -- Identifying Flash Flood Risk Areas -- Locating the Flash Flood Areas -- Methods of Analysing -- Classifying as Flash Flood -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Flood Disaster Management in Sungai Pahang Basin: Case of Temerloh -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Study Area -- Methodology -- Results and Discussion -- Respondents Demographic Profile -- How Do We Manage Flood Risk?.; Local Authorities' and Communities' Preparedness towards Flood Disaster -- Non-parametric Test - Wilcoxon t-test on Prevention Measure to Reduce the Impact of Flood -- Challenges Face by the Local Authorities -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Flood Disaster Prediction Model Based on Artificial Neural Network: A Case Study of Kuala Kangsar, Perak -- Introduction -- Artificial Neural Network -- ANN Types -- Kuala Kangsar, Perak -- Systems Model -- Proposed Flood Monitoring Model -- NARX Model -- Performance Analysis -- Results and Discussion -- Analysis of NARX Model for Flood Prediction -- Result of Actual versus Prediction Water Level -- Conclusions -- References -- Flood Monitoring System Using Mobile SCADA Based on Multiple Environment Indications -- Introduction -- Materials and Methodology -- Types of Equipment -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusion -- Enhancement of Future Work -- References -- Kelantan Daily Rainfall Datasets: Persistence in Nature -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Test and Estimation of Order of Integration -- Heuristic Long Memory Detection Approach -- Rescaled Range Analysis -- Periodogram Method -- Detrended Fluctuation Analysis -- OLS-based CUSUM Test -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Performance of Time-based and Non-time-based Clustering in the Identification of River Discharge Patterns -- Introduction -- Materials ; and Methods -- River Discharge Data -- Clustering of Monsoon Periods Annual Process -- Representation of Discharge Data -- Dissimilarity Measure -- Clustering Algorithm -- Cluster Validation -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume presents chapters highlighting the methodologies and tools developed to improve flood management and flood risk reduction.