Flood Control

This book tackles the question of how we can manage flood-related disaster risks, such as from typhoons, monsoons, and torrential rain, which have ...

The Institution of Civil Engineers Coastal Management conference series is the leading forum for the presentation of the latest developments in coa...

Reservoir Management is the indispensable guide to managing all aspects of small to large reservoirs and dams. Reservoir managers now require a wea...

Land Drainage and Flood Defence Responsibilities offers practical, engineering-focused coverage of the legislation relating to water management, fl...

The ICE Themes series showcases cutting edge research and practical guidance in all branches of civil engineering. Each title focuses on a key issu...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) manages the National Flood Insurance Progra...

On a global scale, sewage represents the main point-source of water pollution and is also the predominant source of nitrogen contamination in urban...

This illustrated notebook highlights the need for a change of paradigm in current flood management practices, one that acknowledges the wide-rangin...

This book assesses and illustrates innovative and practical world-wide measures for combating sea level rise from the profession of landscape archi...

Primarily written as course material on flood control and drainage engineering for advanced students of civil engineering, this third edition is th...

Like so many of the coastal cities in Southeast Asia (and other regions) established during European colonialism, there has been an ongoing challen...

South of Geneva, Switzerland, the River Aire runs across a plain that for centuries has been agricultural land. From the late 19th century, the wat...

This book assesses and illustrates innovative and practical world-wide measures for combating sea level rise from the profession of landscape archi...

This book provides important new and actionable tools for diverse cities and communities facing climate disasters to engage in risk assessment and ...

Human settlements have grown near watercourses since ancient times. Water supply, irrigation, navigation, wastewater conveyance and city defense ar...

Water Supply and Distribution Systems, Second edition is a comprehensive introduction to the topic of how water is delivered to homes and businesse...

Debris and hyper-concentrated flows are among the most destructive of all water related disasters. They affect both rural and urban areas in a wide...

This book provides a new and different perspective on human geography as an umbrella understanding of the social science of disaster management, bu...

Although advances in engineering can reduce the risk of dam and levee failure, some failures will still occur. Such events cause impacts on social ...

In Blue-Green Cities, Colin Thorne and the team of authors, demonstrate how urban flood risk management based on Blue-Green approaches and infrastr...

This uniquely comprehensive guide for engineers and scientists demonstrates the feasibility of an integrated approach that combines resilient infra...