| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 392 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
1. Twenty-first century flood risk management / Will McBain -- 2. Past failures and design lessons : [The UK 2007 summer floods, Ulley Reservoir, August 2008 Northern Ireland floods, Hurricane Katrina] / David N. Porter -- 3. Visual inspections and surveys, remote sensing techniques and sensors for detailed analyses of flood defence infrastructure / Michael J. Wallis, Gavin Long, Martin I. Smith -- 4. Supporting flood risk management through better infrastructure design and management / Paul B. Sayers, Jaap Flikweert, Andreas Kortenhaus -- 5. Performance of coastal flood defences / Andreas Kortenhaus -- 6. Performance of fluvial defences / Jaap Flikweert -- 7. Urban drainage systems / David Stewart -- 8. Dams and reservoirs : regulations, performance, and past failures / Andy Hughes -- 9. Trash screens at culverts : [with case study: failure of a trash screen on the River Sheaf, Sheffield] / Nicholas Wallerstein, Scott Arthur -- 10. Design for environmental improvements: [with case studies: Bewdley flood alleviation scheme; New Cut Wern flood alleviation scheme, Rivers Severn and Vyrnwy confluence, Powys; Sutcliffe Park: Quaggy River flood risk management scheme] / Julian Francis -- 11. Robust decision-making under uncertainty : towards adaptive and resilient flood risk management infrastructure / Paul B. Sayers, Gerald E. Galloway, Jim W. Hall -- 12. Managing flood risk in the Thames Estuary : the development of a long-term robust and flexible strategy / Owen Tarrant, Paul B. Sayers -- 13. The 2001 flood of Houston and Harris County, Texas, USA / Jack Davis, Steve Fitzgerald, Austin Davis -- 14. Design of an environmentally aligned flood alleviation scheme : the Burn of Mosset, Moray, Scotland / Colin R. Thorne, Matthew Hardwick, Paul Winfield, Carina Oliver -- 15. Glossary of terms |
| Summary |
Annotation This ICE publication is the definitive practical handbook on design and maintainance of flood defences, providing a coherent and focused reference for best practice |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Flood control.
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Flood control -- Case studies
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flood control.
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Flood control
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sayers, Paul
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| ISBN |
9781680155501 |
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1680155504 |
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9780727741912 |
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0727741918 |
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