Flood defence design and analysis methods / / edited by Paul Sayers

• Pubblicazione: London, : ICE Publishing, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 392 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 627.42
• Soggetto topico: Flood control
• Altri autori: SayersPaul
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This ICE publication is the definitive practical handbook on design and maintainance of flood defences, providing a coherent and focused reference for best practice.
• Titolo autorizzato: Flood defence design and analysis methods
• ISBN: 9780727741912 (e-book); 9780727741561 (hbk.)
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911006798003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II