Floods in a Changing Climate: Inundation Modelling (International Hydrology Series)
Cambridge University Press, 11/22/2012
EAN 9781107018754, ISBN10: 1107018757
Hardcover, 118 pages, 27.6 x 21.9 x 1 cm
Language: English
Flood inundation models enable us to make hazard predictions for floodplains, mitigating increasing flood fatalities and losses. This book provides an understanding of hydraulic modelling and floodplain dynamics, with a key focus on state-of-the-art remote sensing data, and methods to estimate and communicate uncertainty. Academic researchers in the fields of hydrology, climate change, environmental science and natural hazards, and professionals and policy-makers working in flood risk mitigation, hydraulic engineering and remote sensing will find this an invaluable resource. This volume is the third in a collection of four books on flood disaster management theory and practice within the context of anthropogenic climate change. The others are: Floods in a Changing Climate: Extreme Precipitation by Ramesh Teegavarapu, Floods in a Changing Climate: Hydrological Modeling by P. P. Mujumdar and D. Nagesh Kumar and Floods in a Changing Climate: Risk Management by Slodoban Simonović.
List of contributors
Foreword
Preface
1. Introduction
Part I. Theory
2. Theoretical background
steady flow Luigia Brandimarte
3. Theoretical background
unsteady flow Ioana Popescu
Part II. Methods
4. Data sources
5. Model building
6. Model evaluation
7. Model outputs
Part III. Applications
8. Urban flood modelling Jeffrey C. Neal, Paul D. Bates and Timothy J. Fewtrell
9. Changes in flood propagation caused by human activities
10. Changes of stage-discharge rating curves
11. Evaluation of floodplain management strategies
References
Index.