Defence from Floods and Floodplain Management [Hardcover]

Defence from Floods and Floodplain Management discusses all aspects of floodplain management related to defence from floods, including specific issues such as the maintenance of flood defences, and reveals many aspects of a more holistic approach to the management of flood risk, expanding the structural/non-structural debate into prevention and cure in the floodplain and its catchment. Recent experience in many countries is recounted by experts from Hungary, Austria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, the UK and the USA.Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Budapest, Hungary, April 26--May 7, 1994Defence from Floods and Floodplain Management discusses all aspects of floodplain management related to defence from floods, including specific issues such as the maintenance of flood defences, and reveals many aspects of a more holistic approach to the management of flood risk, expanding the structural/non-structural debate into prevention and cure in the floodplain and its catchment. Recent experience in many countries is recounted by experts from Hungary, Austria, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, the UK and the USA.I  Defence from Floods.- I.1 Operation of Water Resources Systems for Efficient Defense from Floods.- I.2 Developing Flood Defence as a Sustainable Hazard Alleviation Measure.- I.3 River Training and Defense from Floods.- I.4 Application of Expert Systems (ESs) in Defence from Floods and in Floodplain Management.- I.5 Protecting Levees against Pipings and Overtopping.- I.6 Planning Protective Measures against Seepage through Levees and Dikes.- I.7 The Concept of Seepage Failure of Levees and Causative Condition.- I.8 Forecasts Applications for Defences from Floods.- I.9 Flood Monitoring.- I.10 Urban Flood Control in Karst Areas: The Case of Rethymnon (Greece).- I.11 Ice and Flood.- I.12 Organization and Preparation for Flood Defence Activities in Hungary.- I.13 Providing Infoló&