Flood Modeling, Prediction and Mitigation

• Main Author: Şen, Zekâi (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Natural disasters.; Engineering geology.; Engineering-Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Environmental sciences.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Physical geography.; Natural Hazards.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Physical Geography.

This book draws on the author's professional experience and expertise in humid and arid regions to familiarize readers with the basic scientific philosophy and methods regarding floods and their impacts on human life and property. The basis of each model, algorithm and calculation methodology i...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Rainfall and floods
• Floods and drainage basin features
• Hydrograph and unit hydrograph analysis
• Rational flood methodologies
• Probability and statistical methods
• Flood design discharge and its significance
• Climate change impact on floods
• Flood safety and hazard. .