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Floods. 1, Risk knowledge /

In the past thirty years, knowledge on flooding has greatly increased by moving away from purely hydrological and hydraulic science and opening up to other disciplines such as economics or human and geographical sciences. It is as part of this multidisciplinary approach that this book proposes a rev...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Vinet, Freddy (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, UK : Kidlington, Oxford, UK : ISTE Press ; Elsevier, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Part 1: The impacts of floods: 1. Analysis of major flood events : collapse of the Malpasset Dam, December 1959 / Martin Boudou, Annabelle Moatty, Michel Lang
  • 2. Observation and measurement of losses due to flooding / Roland Nussbaum
  • 3. Flood impacts on loss of life and human health / Freddy Vinet
  • 4. Flood-related impacts on cultural heritage / Jocelyne Deschaux
  • 5. Natech events triggered by floods : when floods cause technological accidents / Eric Piatyszek, Alicja Tardy, Ana Maria Cruz.
  • Part 2: The knowledge of flood hazards: 6. Techniques and instruments to aid in the monitoring of flood events / Maria Carmen Llasat, Tomeu Rigo, Juan Jo�s Villegas
  • 7. Flood hydrology processes and their variabilities / Eric Gaume, Olivier Payrastre
  • 8. Hydrodynamic modeling to characterize floods and predict their impacts / And�r Paquier, �Sbastien Proust, Jean-Baptiste Faure
  • 9. Evolution of river channels and floods : a short- to long-term perspective / Jean-Paul Bravard
  • 10. Hydrogeomorphology : recognition and evolution of the flood phenomenon / Thomas Buffin-�Blanger, Sylvio Demers, Antonin Monta�n
  • 11. Structures for flood defense and management / �Rmy Tourment, Bruno Beaullac, Daniel Poulain
  • 12. Coastal surges / Darren Lumbroso.
  • Part 3: Flooded people and lands : human drivers of flood impacts: 13. The contribution of historical data for the understanding of floods and risk prevention / Denis C�ur, Michel Lang
  • 14. Assessing vulnerability to flooding : progress and limitations / S�tphanie Defossez, Freddy Vinet, F�r�dric Leone
  • 15. Toward a process of resilience implementation : capacities, models and strategies / Damienne Provitolo, Damien Serre, Laurie Boschetti
  • 16. Cities at risk from water : between vulnerability and resilience / Magali Reghezza-Zitt
  • 17. Networks in the face of flooding / Serge Lhomme.
  • Part 4: The future: 18. Flood regimes : recent development and future under climate change / Eric Sauquet, Michel Lang
  • 19. Changes in flood risk : retrospective and prospective approach / Freddy Vinet, Nancy Meschinet de Richemond
  • Conclusion: Knowledge of floods : progress and weaknesses / Freddy Vinet.