Defence from Floods and Floodplain Management

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Operation of Water Resources Systems for Efficient Defense from Floods....Pages 3-11
Developing Flood Defence as a Sustainable Hazard Alleviation Measure....Pages 13-40
River Training and Defense from Floods....Pages 41-57
Application of Expert Systems (ESs) in Defence from Floods and in Floodplain Management....Pages 59-78
Protecting Levees Against Pipings and Overtopping....Pages 79-92
Planning Protective Measures against Seepage through Levees and Dikes....Pages 93-107
The Concept of Seepage Failure of Levees and Causative Conditions....Pages 109-128
Forecasts Applications for Defences from Floods....Pages 129-171
Flood Monitoring....Pages 173-180
Urban Flood Control in Karst Areas: The Case of Rethymnon (Greece)....Pages 181-192
Ice and Flood....Pages 193-210
Organization and Preparation for Flood Defence Activities in Hungary....Pages 211-234
An Approach to the Derivation of the Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph of a Topologically Random Channel Network....Pages 235-240
Statistical Tests of Estimated Probability Distributions for Long Flood Records....Pages 241-246
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
Operation of Flood-Affecting Structures for Optimal Floodplain Management....Pages 249-256
Principles of Floodplain Management....Pages 257-270
The Role of Floodplain Management Planning in Changing Flood Impacts....Pages 271-286
Modeling Tools for Floodplain Management....Pages 287-311
River Channel Adjustment to Floodplain Management....Pages 313-325
Input Detection by the Discrete Linear Cascade Model....Pages 327-344
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
Planning and Management of Floodplain Rehabilitation — Using GIS Technology Tools....Pages 345-358
United States Experience with Floodplain Management....Pages 359-371
Missouri River Reservoir System Impact on the Great Flood of 1993....Pages 373-379
The Mississippi River Basin: Crucible of National Flood Policies....Pages 381-393
Defence from Floods and Floodplain Management in Middle-Size Catchments....Pages 395-417
Floodplain Protection and Management in Karst Areas....Pages 419-428
Flood Risk Mapping and Analysis with Special Regards to Vulnerability of Protected Floodplain Basins....Pages 429-442
Front Matter....Pages 443-443
Economic Evaluation of Flood Insurance Programs....Pages 445-456
Public Perception of Flood Risk and Flood Defence Policies....Pages 457-477
Case Study: Risk-Based Analysis of Flood Reduction Measures....Pages 479-485
The Evolution of U.S. National Policies on Coastal Hazards....Pages 487-503
Linkage Between the Hydrological and Ecological Systems in the Floodplain....Pages 505-523
Water Quality and River Management in the Netherlands....Pages 525-537
Environmentally and Socially Sound Utilization of Flood-Plains; Some Austrian Experiences....Pages 539-554
The Methods and Mechanisms of Establishing Consensus on Water Management Policy in The Netherlands....Pages 555-564
Back Matter....Pages 565-568