Application of Frequency and Risk in Water Resources: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Flood Frequency and Risk Analyses, 14–17 May 1986, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, U.S.A

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Research Needs on Flood Characteristics....Pages 1-21
Application of Probable Maximum Flood Estimates to the Design of Water Resource Development Projects....Pages 23-33
Heavy Rain Storm Floods in China and their Estimation....Pages 35-44
The Bayesian Framework for Inference in Flood Frequency Analysis....Pages 45-61
Development of Design Procedures for Extreme Floods in Australia....Pages 63-77
Design Flood for Cañafisto Dam....Pages 79-90
The Experiences of Design Flood of Reservoirs in Medium and Small Basins by the Method of Design Storm....Pages 91-100
Estimation of Design Flood....Pages 101-111
Design Flood Estimation for Narmada Sagar Project Using Partial Duration Series - A Case Study....Pages 113-122
Design Flood Computation with Limited Data - Case Study of a Reservoir in Subernrekha River Basin....Pages 123-137
Confidence Intervals for Design Flood Events under Different Statistical Flood Models....Pages 139-151
Use of Additional Historical Information for Estimation and Goodness of Fit of Flood Frequency Models....Pages 153-164
Extrapolation Error in Flood Frequency Analysis....Pages 165-174
Effect of Discharge Measurement Error in the Results of Flood Frequency Analysis....Pages 175-190
Some Researches on Determination of Return Period for Historical Flood in Analysis of Flood Frequency....Pages 191-197
Potential and Application of Flood Frequency Determinations....Pages 199-205
Flood Analyses Pertaining to Design of Nuclear Power Plants....Pages 207-217
Some Applications of Flood Frequency and Risk Information in Forest Management....Pages 219-226
Review of Advances in Risk and Reliability Analysis for Hydraulic Structures....Pages 227-262
Flood Risk Evaluation of Urban Rivers with Standard Equi-Risk Lines....Pages 263-282
The Evaluation of Financial Risk....Pages 283-291
Uncertainties in Flood Plain Mapping....Pages 293-303
Project Risk Considering Samplng Uncertainties and a Finite Project Operation Period....Pages 305-318
Optimal Planning of Flood Control Systems Based on Risk Analyses of Flood Inundation....Pages 319-333
Application of System Reliability Analysis to Flood Forecasting....Pages 335-350
A Stochastic Approach to Flood Damage Estimation....Pages 351-360
Flood Hazard Assessment on Alluvial Fans: An Examination of the Methodology....Pages 361-375
Flood Damage-Frequency Analysis of an Urbanizing Watershed....Pages 377-394
Flood Risk Bias Analysed through a Multi-State Flood Insurance Model....Pages 395-404
Corps of Engineers Procedures for Evaluating and Modifying Existing Dams to Safely Accommodate the Current Inflow Design Flood....Pages 405-409
Bureau of Reclamation use of Risk Analysis....Pages 411-428
TVA Practice in Flood Frequency and Risk Analysis....Pages 429-438
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Use of Flood Risk Analyses....Pages 439-441
Flood Risk Analysis for the National Flood Insurance Program....Pages 443-453
The National Weather Service Role in Flood Frequency and Risk Analysis....Pages 455-461
The Role of Flood-Frequency Analysis in the U.S. Geological Survey....Pages 463-484
Some Remarks on Practice of Flood Frequency and Risk Analysis by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission....Pages 485-489
Back Matter....Pages 491-502