Research Catalog

Title

Inland flood hazards : human, riparian, and aquatic communities / edited by Ellen E. Wohl.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

Wohl, Ellen E., 1962-

Description

xiii, 498 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 27 cm

Summary

"As flood-related damages to human communities and river ecosystems continue to increase, the type of review discussions presented in this volume become of increasing importance to our efforts to mitigate flood hazards. This volume is unique among treatments of flood hazards in that it addresses how the nonoccurrence of floods, in association with flow regulation and other human manipulation of river systems, may create hazards for aquatic and riparian communities." "This volume will be a resource for everyone associated with inland flood hazards: professionals in government and industry, and researchers and graduate students in civil engineering, geography, geology, hydrology, hydraulics, and ecology."--Jacket.

Subject

• Floods
• Flood control
• floods (natural events)
• flood control
• Flood control
• Floods
• Umweltschaden
• Überschwemmung
• Aufsatzsammlung
• FLOODS
• HAZARDS
• FLOOD CONTROL
• FLOOD DAMAGE

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Inland flood hazards / Ellen E. Wohl -- Hydroclimatology of meteorologic floods / K.K. Hirschboeck, L.L. Ely, and R.A. Maddox -- Floods from natural and artificial dam failures / Daniel A. Cenderelli -- Anthropogenic impacts on flood hazards / Ellen E. Wohl -- Inundation hydrology / Leal A.K. Mertes -- Geomorphic effects of floods / Ellen E. Wohl -- Contaminant transport hazards during flooding / Jim B. Finley -- Floods, flood control, and bottomland vegetation / Jonathan M. Friedman and Gregor T. Auble -- Flooding and aquatic ecosystems / Richard S. Wydoski and Edmund J. Wick -- The effects of variable river flow on human communities / Dorothy Merritts -- Predicition and modeling of flood hydrology and hydraulics / Jorge A. Ramírez -- Flood frequency analysis and statistical estimation of flood risk / Jery R. Stedinger -- Paleoflood hydrology and the estimation of extreme floods / Victor R. Baker -- Comparison of flood management strategies / Chester C. Watson and David S. Biedenharn -- Nonstructural mitigation of flood hazards / Eve Gruntfest -- Planning for flow requirements to sustain stream biota / Clair B. Stalnaker and Edmund J. Wick -- Cultural perspectives of flooding / Melinda J. Laituri -- Urban planning for flood hazards, risk, and vulnerability / Douglas Hamilton and Alejandro Joaquin -- Floods in the 21st century / Ellen E. Wohl.

ISBN

• 0521624193
• 9780521624190

LCCN

99052944

OCLC

• ocm42652759
• 42652759
• SCSB-1267152

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library