Flood risk assessment and management : how to specify hydrological loads, their consequences and uncertainties / Andreas H. Schumann, editor.

Contributor(s):

Schumann, Andreas H

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Dordrecht : Springer, 2011Description: x, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9048199166
9789048199167

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

627.4 23

Contents:

1. Introduction - Hydrological Aspects of Risk Management / Andreas H. Schumann -- 2. Uncertainties in Weather Forecast - Reasons and Handling / Dirk Schüttemeyer and Clemens Simmer -- 3. Interpolation of Precipitation for Flood Modelling / Uwe Haberlandt -- 4. Framing Uncertainties in Flood Forecasting with Ensembles / Andreas H. Schumann, Yan Wang, and Jörg Dietrich -- 5. Design of Artificial Neural Networks for Flood Forecasting / Johannes Cullmann and Gerd H. Schmitz -- 6. Advances in Regionalising Flood Probabilities / Ralf Merz -- 7. Rainfall Generators for Application in Flood Studies / Uwe Haberlandt, Yeshewatesfa Hundecha, Markus Pahlow, and Andreas H. Schumann -- 8. Copulas - New Risk Assessment Methodology for Dam Safety / Bastian Klein, Andreas H. Schumann, and Markus Pahlow -- 9. Hydraulic Modelling / Mark Musall, Peter Oberle, and Franz Nestmann -- 10. Groundwater - The Subterranean Part of Flood Risk / Thomas Sommer -- 11. Quantification of Socio-Economic Flood Risks / Bruno Merz, Annegret Thieken, and Heidi Kreibich -- 12. Application of Scenarios and Multi-Criteria Decision Making Tools in Flood Polder Planning / Andreas H. Schumann and David Nijssen.

Summary: "This book examines many aspects of flood risk management in a comprehensive way. As risks depend on hazard and vulnerabilities, not only geophysical tools for flood forecasting and planning are presented, but also socio-economic problems of flood management are discussed. Starting with precipitation and meteorological tools to its forecasting, hydrological models are described in their applications for operational flood forecasts, considering model uncertainties and their interactions with hydraulic and groundwater models. With regard to flood risk planning, regionalization aspects and the options to utilize historic floods are discussed. New hydrological tools for flood risk assessments for dams and reservoirs are presented. Problems and options to quantify socio-economic risks and how to consider them in multi-criteria assessments of flood risk planning are discussed. This book contributes to the contemporary efforts to reduce flood risk at the European scale. Using many real-world examples, it is useful for scientists and practitioners at different levels and with different interests."--Publisher's website.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book examines many aspects of flood risk management in a comprehensive way. As risks depend on hazard and vulnerabilities, not only geophysical tools for flood forecasting and planning are presented, but also socio-economic problems of flood management are discussed. Starting with precipitation and meteorological tools to its forecasting, hydrological models are described in their applications for operational flood forecasts, considering model uncertainties and their interactions with hydraulic and groundwater models. With regard to flood risk planning, regionalization aspects and the options to utilize historic floods are discussed. New hydrological tools for flood risk assessments for dams and reservoirs are presented. Problems and options to quantify socio-economic risks and how to consider them in multi-criteria assessments of flood risk planning are discussed. This book contributes to the contemporary efforts to reduce flood risk at the European scale. Using many real-world examples, it is useful for scientists and practitioners at different levels and with different interests."--Publisher's website.

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