Floods - Physical Processes & Human Impacts

Autor: Prof. Keith Smith, Roy Ward

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Editura: John Wiley & Sons Inc

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This book is concerned with the causes and consequences of river and coastal floods and the ways in...

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Autor

Prof. Keith Smith, Roy Ward

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

1998

Pagini

394

EAN

9780471952480

ISBN

0471952486

Enbook ID

04894786

Editura

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Greutate

854

Dimensiuni

251 x 179 x 24

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This book is concerned with the causes and consequences of river and coastal floods and the ways in which people can respond to the flood hazard. Individual chapters address issues such as floods as natural hazards; impacts and interpretations of flood hazard; causes, spatial characteristics and form of river floods and coastal floods; flood estimation; flood defence; flood forecasting and warning; other responses including land use planning and insurance; and a concluding discussion of problems, policies and prospects. Floods has been written by two experienced and successful authors whose complementary skills are combined to give a broad, comprehensive and up--to--date treatment of the subject which can be used not only as a text book or learning manual but also as an authoritative reference source. This has been achieved by organising and structuring the material to demonstrate the continuity and linkages between the causes and impacts of flooding and the many possible responses to the flood hazard. At the same time the book ensures that discussion of each of the main themes and topics is, as far as is practicable, self--contained. The book is timely in several aspects. It addresses the topicality and universality of floods which are an increasing hazard at a time of global environmental change (climate, land use, population distribution etc.). It also offers the layman and practitioner alike a synthesis and clarification of many individual research efforts near the close of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction.

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