Flood risk science and management /

• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pender, G. (Garry)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
• Subjects: Flood control.; Flood damage prevention.; Risk assessment.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Hydraulics.; Electronic books.; Electronic resource.

"Acceptance of the reality of climate change has introduced a further shift in flood studies and the management of flood risk. Until recently, assessment of flood hazards depended on statistical manipulation of historical records and the current pattern of land-use and economic activity in the...