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Autore |
Ghosh S. N (Some Nath) |
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Flood control and drainage engineering / / S.N. Ghosh, Formerly, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India |
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Leiden, The Netherlands : , : CRC Press/Balkema, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-429-22730-2 |
1-315-76966-2 |
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Edizione |
[4th ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (424 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Preface to the Fourth Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Contents; 1. FLOOD PROBLEMS; 2. ESTIMATION OF DESIGN FLOOD; 3. FLOOD ROUTING THROUGH RESERVOIRS AND CHANNELS; 4. DESIGN OF SPILLWAYS; 5. FLOOD MITIGATION THROUGH PLANNING OF RESERVOIR CAPACITIES AND OPERATlON OF RESERVOIRS; 6. FLOOD MITIGATION THROUGH RIVER PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT WORKS; 7. FLOOD FORECASTING, WARNING AND FLOOD FIGHTING; 8. ECONOMICS OF FLOOD CONTROL, PROJECT; 9. DESIGN OF SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE SYSTEM; 10. DESIGN OF SURFACE DRAINAGE SYSTEM; 11. WATER-LOGGING AND SALINITY |
12. APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY FOR FLOOD CONTROL13. FLOOD PLAIN DELINEATION AND FLOOD HAZARD ASSESSMENT; 14. FLOOD DAMAGE MANAGEMENT-Tsunamis and Storm Surges; 15. FLOODING DUE TO COLLAPSE OF DAMS-Breaching ofFlood Levees and Urban Coastal Areas; SELECTED REFERENCES; SUGGESTED READINGS |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Primarily written as course material on flood control and drainage engineering for advanced students of civil engineering, this new fourth edition is again thoroughly revised. It accommodates recent developments in remote sensing, information technology and GIS technology. New added material deals with flood management due to |
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Tsunami waves, flooding due to dam failure and breaking of embankments, application of dredging technologies, problems of flood forecasting, flood plain prioritization and flood hazard zoning, and engineering measures for flood control. Drainage improvement is tackled, |
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