Inland flood hazards : human, riparian, and aquatic communities /
edited by Ellen E. Wohl.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 498 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Inland flood hazards / Ellen E. Wohl -- Hydroclimatology of meteorologic floods / K.K. Hirschboeck, L.L. Ely, and R.A. Maddox -- Floods from natural and artificial dam failures / Daniel A. Cenderelli -- Anthropogenic impacts on flood hazards / Ellen E. Wohl -- Inundation hydrology / Leal A.K. Mertes -- Geomorphic effects of floods / Ellen E. Wohl -- Contaminant transport hazards during flooding / Jim B. Finley -- Floods, flood control, and bottomland vegetation / Jonathan M. Friedman and Gregor T. Auble -- Flooding and aquatic ecosystems / Richard S. Wydoski and Edmund J. Wick -- The effects of variable river flow on human communities / Dorothy Merritts -- Predicition and modeling of flood hydrology and hydraulics / Jorge A. Ramírez -- Flood frequency analysis and statistical estimation of flood risk / Jery R. Stedinger -- Paleoflood hydrology and the estimation of extreme floods / Victor R. Baker -- Comparison of flood management strategies / Chester C. Watson and David S. Biedenharn -- Nonstructural mitigation of flood hazards / Eve Gruntfest -- Planning for flow requirements to sustain stream biota / Clair B. Stalnaker and Edmund J. Wick -- Cultural perspectives of flooding / Melinda J. Laituri -- Urban planning for flood hazards, risk, and vulnerability / Douglas Hamilton and Alejandro Joaquin -- Floods in the 21st century / Ellen E. Wohl.
This edited volume was originally published in 2000 and presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary review of issues related to inland flood hazards. It addresses physical controls on flooding, flood processes and effects, and responses to flooding, from the perspective of human, aquatic, and riparian communities. Individual chapter authors are recognized experts in their fields who draw on examples and case studies of inland flood hazards from around the world. This volume is unusual among treatments of flood hazards in that it addresses how the non-occurrence of floods, in association with flow regulation and other human manipulation of river systems, may create hazards for aquatic and riparian communities. This book will be a valuable resource for everyone associated with inland flood hazards: professionals in government and industry, and researchers and graduate students in civil engineering, geography, geology, hydrology, hydraulics, and ecology.