Flood risk assessment and management / / authored by Dawei Han

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816582403321
• Autore: Han Dawei
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [S.l.], : Bentham Science Publishers, [2011]
• ISBN: 1-60805-047-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (158 p.)
• Disciplina: 627.4; 627/.4
• Soggetti: Floods - Risk assessment; Flood forecasting; Flood control
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 01 Title.pdf; 02 Cover Page; 03 eBooks End User License Agreement-Website; 04 CONTENTS; 05 Foreword; 06 Preface; 07 Chapter 1; 08 Chapter 2; 09 Chapter 3; 10 Chapter 4; 11 Chapter 5; 12 Chapter 6; 13 Chapter 7; 14 Chapter 8; 15 Chapter 9; 16 Chapter 10; 17 Chapter 11; 18 Chapter 12; 19 Chapter 13; 20 Chapter 14; 21 Chapter 15; 22 Chapter 16; 23 Chapter 17; 24 Chapter 18; 25 Chapter 19; 26 Chapter 20; 27 Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Floods are devastating natural disasters with a significant impact on human life and the surrounding environent. Flood Risk Assessment and Management should serve as an Ideal textbook on analytical flood risk assessment and management, and is intended for lecturers, undergraduates and postgraduates in civil engineering, geography, environmental science, earth sciences, and related disciplines. This book is based on the lecture notes taught at the University of Bristol to students undertaking a Masters course in civil engineering. All chapters are supplemented with challenging questions, answer