Hydrology of disasters : proceedings of the technical conference in Geneva organized by the World Meteorological Organization, November 1988 / editors, Ö. Starosolszky, O. M. Melder

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Melder, O. M., author.

Contributor:

Starosolszky, Ö. (Ödön), editor.

Conference Name:

World Meteorological Organization Technical Conference (1998 : Geneva)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural disasters--Congresses.

Natural disasters.

Hydrology--Congresses.

Hydrology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 319 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This timely book reviews the hydrological aspects of different types of disaster and considers measures required to protect people and property against such events as well as disaster prediction, forecasting and monitoring. Its publications coincide with the start of the United Nations Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction .It comprises twenty-seven papers by experts from a wide range of countries and organizations presented at the Technical Conference convened by the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva in November 1988.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Secretary-General's Statement; Statement; Hydrological Problems of Extreme Floods and Droughts; Hydrological Aspects of Extreme Floods and Droughts; Hydrological Systems Applied to the Management of Drought and Floods; Morphological Changes in the Swiss Alps Resulting from the 1987 Summer Storms; The Improbable Probabilities of Extreme Floods and Droughts; Control Training of Water Resources Systems under Simulated Flood Conditions; Hydrological Aspects of a Flood Management Expert System

The French Policy for Prevention of Flood Damage Some Problems in Flood Disaster Prevention in Developing Countries; The Hydrology of Disastrous Floods in Asia - An Overview; Conceptual River Routing Model 'CWCFF'; The Consequences of Accidental Water Pollution (Spillage); Methodology for the Short-Term Warning and Estimation of the Level and Consequences of the Accidental Pollution of Water Bodies; Water Pollution Hazard - The Need for Water Quality Monitoring as the Task for Hydrometeorological Services in Poland; Consequences of the Sandoz Accident for the Biozonosis of the Rhine

Hydrological Aspects of Pollution of the Rhine Hydrological Problems of Dam and Levee Rupture; Hydrological Problems of Dam and Levee Rupture; National Weather Service Models to Forecast Dam-Breach Floods; Study of Earth Dam Erosion due to Overtopping; Hydrological Consequences of Volcanic Eruptions; Hazardous Hydrological Consequences of Volcanic Eruptions and Goals for Mitigative Action: An Overview; Volcanoes and Hydrology in Indonesia; Non-Meteorological Flood Disasters in Chile; Hydrological Consequences of Earthquakes, Landslides and Avalanches

Hydrological Impacts of Earthquakes, Landslides and Avalanches Hydrological Consequences of Earthquakes Experienced in Japan; Hydrological Consequences of Snow Avalanches; Hazards to Water Resources Development in High Mountain Regions. The Himalayan Sources of the Indus; Conclusions from the Technical Conference on Hydrology of Hazards; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

First published 1989 by James & James.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 6, 2014).

ISBN:

1-134-25265-X

1-138-97217-7

1-315-07358-7

1-134-25258-7

9781315073583

OCLC:

897455375