Flood control Books

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Ingenieurwissenschaften - Allgemeines, Note: 1,0, HAWK Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst - Fachhochschule Hildesheim, Holzminden, Göttingen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit behandelt...

Disaster: Recovery is a down-to-earth book that explains how you and your family can cope during and particularly after disasters such as floods, bushfires and typhoons that can and do happen (not just may happen) around the world at any time. It is one...

Hydraulic gates are utilized in multiple capacities in modern society. As such, the failure of these gates can have disastrous consequences, and it is imperative to develop new methods to avoid these occurrences. Dynamic Stability of Hydraulic Gates and...

Through theory, examples, and spreadsheets and software, this advanced text covers energy, momentum, friction, and gradually varied flow, with a few simple equations - now with more design applications, a wider range of channel shapes, and an update of...

Soil erosion and torrential floods, as destructive processes, have serious implications on the economy, society, and environment. The severity of torrential floods lies in their sudden occurrence and high intensity, and hence, the defense against...

Dynamic Simulation and Virtual Reality in Hydrology and Water Resources Management focuses on the understanding, use, and application of system dynamics simulation and virtual reality approaches for modeling the spatial and temporal behavior of natural...

Urban Drainage and Storage Practices focuses on the latest developments in urban stormwater design methods using drainage and storage approaches for both water quality and quantity control. It covers both the conventional approaches to flood mitigation...

This book tackles the question of how we can manage flood-related disaster risks, such as from typhoons, monsoons, and torrential rain, which have been intensified by climate change and have generated unprecedented floods, landslides and debris flows...

Découvrez les techniques de défense contre les inondations dans cet ouvrage incontournable de Guillaume Emmanuel Comoy, ingénieur de la fin du XIXe siècle.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge...

How much do you pay in Flood Insurance?The average homeowner can pay over $100 a month. Which of course is $1200 a year. On a thirty-year loan, that equates to $36,000. That’s a lot of money!Wouldn’t it be great if you could get your Flood...

This Dutch treatise examines the challenges and complexities of maintaining dikes and polders in the Netherlands. With detailed analysis of water management systems and legal frameworks, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in...