Description |
1 online resource (xv, 220 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
International hydrology series |
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International hydrology series.
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Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Integrated regional risk assessment and safety management: Challenge from Agenda 21; 3 Risk analysis: The unbearable cleverness of bluffing; 4 Aspects of uncertainty, reliability, and risk in flood forecasting systems incorporating weather radar; 5 Probabilistic hydrometeorological forecasting; 6 Flood risk management: Risk cartography for objective negotiations; 7 Responses to the variability and increasing uncertainty of climate in Australia |
Summary |
35 leading multi-disciplinary scientists with international reputations provide state-of-the-art reviews of topical areas of research on uncertainty and reliability related aspects of water resources systems. The volume will be valuable for graduate students, scientists, consultants, administrators, and practising hydrologists and water managers |
Notes |
Papers presented at the third George Kovacs Colloquium held in UNESCO, Paris, September 19-21, 1996 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Hydrology -- Statistical methods -- Congresses
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Uncertainty (Information theory) -- Congresses
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Limnology.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Hydrology.
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Hydrology -- Statistical methods
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Uncertainty (Information theory)
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Bogárdi, János
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Kundzewicz, Zbigniew.
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George Kovacs Colloquium (3rd : 1996 : UNESCO, Paris, France)
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LC no. |
00065073 |
ISBN |
0511041330 |
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9780511041334 |
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9780511546006 |
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0511546009 |
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9780511047442 |
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9780511156809 |
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9786610430222 |
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9781107122437 |
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9781280430220 |
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0511176074 |
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9780511176074 |
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