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182   $cc$2rdamedia
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200 00$aFlood defence design and analysis methods /$fedited by Paul Sayers
210   $aLondon $cICE Publishing$d2012
215   $a1 online resource (xvii, 392 p.) $cill
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aIntroduction -- Twenty-first century flood risk management -- Past failures and design lessons -- Visual inspections and surveys, remote sensing techniques and sensors for detailed analyses of flood defence infrastructure -- Supporting flood risk management through better infrastructure design and management -- Performance of coastal flood defences -- Performance of fluvial defences -- Urban drainage systems -- Dams and reservoirs - regulations, performance and past failures -- Trash screens at culverts -- Design for environmental improvements -- Robust decision-making under uncertainty - towards adaptive and resilient flood risk management infrastructure -- Managing flood risk in the Thames Estuary - the development of a long-term robust and flexible strategy -- The 2001 flood of Houston and Harris County, Texas, USA -- Design of an environmentally aligned flood alleviation scheme: the Burn of Mosset, Moray, Scotland -- Glossary of terms -- Index.
330 8 $aThis ICE publication is the definitive practical handbook on design and maintainance of flood defences, providing a coherent and focused reference for best practice.
606   $aFlood control
606   $aFlood control$vCase studies
615  0$aFlood control.
615  0$aFlood control
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