Floods, from Defence to Management: Symposium Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Flood Defence, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 25-27 May 2005, Book + CD-ROM
Floods, from Defence to Management: Symposium Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Flood Defence, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 25-27 May 2005, Book + CD-ROM
Reflecting a worldwide change in strategy from defense to management, this book covers developments in hydrology, ecology, modeling, and forecasting as well as information management and GIS-based decision support systems. It also discusses institutional and organizational, basin-wide flood management, policy-making and implementation, structural and non-structural measures, and spatial planning. Case studies illustrate practices in flood control situations, such as flooding in urban areas.
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Reflecting a worldwide change in strategy from defense to management, this book covers developments in hydrology, ecology, modeling, and forecasting as well as information management and GIS-based decision support systems. It also discusses institutional and organizational, basin-wide flood management, policy-making and implementation, structural and non-structural measures, and spatial planning. Case studies illustrate practices in flood control situations, such as flooding in urban areas.
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