Ebook: Flood Issues in Contemporary Water Management

In 1997 disastrous flooding running through the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany took the lives of a great number of people and caused economic damage estimated in tens of billions of dollars. Flooding of the Yangtze river in 1998 killed more than 3000 people, dislocated 230 million souls, and caused direct damage of more than $ 45 billion. Both the general public and the experts are asking what we can learn from these recent events to reduce loss of life and flood damage.
The 1997 floods were dealt with by experts from the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany, who presented timely reports on combatting floods, both success stories and shortcomings. This experience is further extended by reports from experts drawn from 13 other countries, developing a broad overview of flood risk management, covering the ecosystem approach to flood management, including socioeconomic issues, flood impacts on water quality, human health, and natural ecosystems.

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In 1997 disastrous flooding running through the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany took the lives of a great number of people and caused economic damage estimated in tens of billions of dollars. Flooding of the Yangtze river in 1998 killed more than 3000 people, dislocated 230 million souls, and caused direct damage of more than $ 45 billion. Both the general public and the experts are asking what we can learn from these recent events to reduce loss of life and flood damage.
The 1997 floods were dealt with by experts from the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany, who presented timely reports on combatting floods, both success stories and shortcomings. This experience is further extended by reports from experts drawn from 13 other countries, developing a broad overview of flood risk management, covering the ecosystem approach to flood management, including socioeconomic issues, flood impacts on water quality, human health, and natural ecosystems.

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In 1997 disastrous flooding running through the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany took the lives of a great number of people and caused economic damage estimated in tens of billions of dollars. Flooding of the Yangtze river in 1998 killed more than 3000 people, dislocated 230 million souls, and caused direct damage of more than $ 45 billion. Both the general public and the experts are asking what we can learn from these recent events to reduce loss of life and flood damage.
The 1997 floods were dealt with by experts from the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany, who presented timely reports on combatting floods, both success stories and shortcomings. This experience is further extended by reports from experts drawn from 13 other countries, developing a broad overview of flood risk management, covering the ecosystem approach to flood management, including socioeconomic issues, flood impacts on water quality, human health, and natural ecosystems.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Overview of Flood Issues in Contemporary Water Management....Pages 1-16
Improvement of Flood Protection in Czech Republic....Pages 17-24
1997/1998 Floods in the Czech Republic: Hydrological Evaluation....Pages 25-39
Regional Estimation of Design Flood Discharges for River Restoration in Mountainous Basis of Northern Slovakia....Pages 41-47
Flood Flow Regionalization Based on L-Moments and Its Use with the Index Flood Method....Pages 49-59
The First Use of HEC-5 in Flood Analysis in Turkey....Pages 61-65
The Great Flood of 1997 in Poland: The Truth and Myth....Pages 67-74
Achievements and Future Needs Towards Improved Flood Protection in the Oder River Basin: Results of the EU-Expert Meeting on the Oder Flood in Summer ‘97....Pages 75-83
The 1998 Extreme Flood on the Tisza River....Pages 85-94
Causes and Peculiarities of Recent Floods on the Dniester River....Pages 95-100
Modelling Tools — the Key Elements for Evaluation of Impacts of Anthropogenic Activities on Flood Generation, With Reference to the 1997 Morava River Flooding....Pages 101-114
Postwar Changes in Land Use in Former West Germany and the Increased Number of Inland Floods....Pages 115-123
Anthropogenic Impacts on the Formation of Flash Floods and Measures for Their Compensation....Pages 125-133
1998 Flood Damages and Remedial Action....Pages 135-138
A Database of Historical Flood Events in the Netherlands....Pages 139-146
Flood Management in Poland....Pages 147-153
Twenty Years of Flood Risk Mapping Under the Canadian National Flood Damage Reduction Program....Pages 155-165
The Importance of Maps for Floodplain Management and Flood Insurance....Pages 167-173
Urban Watershed Flood Mitigation Planning and Floodplain Management....Pages 175-184
The National Flood Insurance Program: A U.S. Approach to Flood Loss Reduction....Pages 185-196
Flood Disasters - Insurance Aspects Including the 1997 Odra Floods....Pages 197-208
Recent Experience With the Use of Mathematical Models in Flood Action Planning and Flood Forecasting & Warning....Pages 209-218
Recent Trends in Hydrological Flood Warning Systems Development: The Czech Experience....Pages 219-227
Operative Control and Prediction of Floods in the River Odra Basin....Pages 229-236
Hydroinformatics for River Flood Management....Pages 237-250
Floodss a Flood Operational Decision Support System....Pages 251-260
Real-Time Flood Forecasting: Operational Experience and Recent Advances....Pages 261-270
Analytical Reproduction of Radar Images of Rainfall Spatial (2D) Distribution as an Input to GIS Based Flood Modelling....Pages 271-281
Lessons Learned from Recent Floods....Pages 283-292
Emergency Flood Control Operation During the 1997 Red River Flood....Pages 293-301
Investigations of the Effects of On-Site Stormwater Management Measures in Urban and Agricultural Areas on Floods....Pages 303-310
Geographical Information Systems Used as a Planning-Tool for On-Site Stormwater Management Measures....Pages 311-321
Selected Problems of Flood Protection of Towns....Pages 323-332
Urban Flood Control - Technical Support to the Diagnosis and Rehabilitation of Critical Areas in the City of Lisbon....Pages 333-342
Flood Mitigation in Urbanised Areas....Pages 343-349
Regional Impacts of Levee Construction and Channelization, Middle Mississippi River, USA....Pages 351-361
Risk of Flood Levee Overflowing....Pages 363-373
Emergency Flood Reservoirs in the Tisza Basin....Pages 375-384
Action Plan on Flood Defence and Control Strategies for Flood Retention on the Upper Rhine....Pages 385-393
Damage Caused by the 1997 Floods, Its Repair and Proposed Alternatives of Flood Control Measures....Pages 395-400
Flood Damages and Inundated Land Reclamation....Pages 401-404
Forecasting of River Discharges in the Presence of Chaos and Noise....Pages 405-419
Advances in Transfer Function Based Flood Forecasting....Pages 421-428
Back Matter....Pages 429-432

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In 1997 disastrous flooding running through the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany took the lives of a great number of people and caused economic damage estimated in tens of billions of dollars. Flooding of the Yangtze river in 1998 killed more than 3000 people, dislocated 230 million souls, and caused direct damage of more than $ 45 billion. Both the general public and the experts are asking what we can learn from these recent events to reduce loss of life and flood damage.
The 1997 floods were dealt with by experts from the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany, who presented timely reports on combatting floods, both success stories and shortcomings. This experience is further extended by reports from experts drawn from 13 other countries, developing a broad overview of flood risk management, covering the ecosystem approach to flood management, including socioeconomic issues, flood impacts on water quality, human health, and natural ecosystems.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Overview of Flood Issues in Contemporary Water Management....Pages 1-16
Improvement of Flood Protection in Czech Republic....Pages 17-24
1997/1998 Floods in the Czech Republic: Hydrological Evaluation....Pages 25-39
Regional Estimation of Design Flood Discharges for River Restoration in Mountainous Basis of Northern Slovakia....Pages 41-47
Flood Flow Regionalization Based on L-Moments and Its Use with the Index Flood Method....Pages 49-59
The First Use of HEC-5 in Flood Analysis in Turkey....Pages 61-65
The Great Flood of 1997 in Poland: The Truth and Myth....Pages 67-74
Achievements and Future Needs Towards Improved Flood Protection in the Oder River Basin: Results of the EU-Expert Meeting on the Oder Flood in Summer ‘97....Pages 75-83
The 1998 Extreme Flood on the Tisza River....Pages 85-94
Causes and Peculiarities of Recent Floods on the Dniester River....Pages 95-100
Modelling Tools — the Key Elements for Evaluation of Impacts of Anthropogenic Activities on Flood Generation, With Reference to the 1997 Morava River Flooding....Pages 101-114
Postwar Changes in Land Use in Former West Germany and the Increased Number of Inland Floods....Pages 115-123
Anthropogenic Impacts on the Formation of Flash Floods and Measures for Their Compensation....Pages 125-133
1998 Flood Damages and Remedial Action....Pages 135-138
A Database of Historical Flood Events in the Netherlands....Pages 139-146
Flood Management in Poland....Pages 147-153
Twenty Years of Flood Risk Mapping Under the Canadian National Flood Damage Reduction Program....Pages 155-165
The Importance of Maps for Floodplain Management and Flood Insurance....Pages 167-173
Urban Watershed Flood Mitigation Planning and Floodplain Management....Pages 175-184
The National Flood Insurance Program: A U.S. Approach to Flood Loss Reduction....Pages 185-196
Flood Disasters - Insurance Aspects Including the 1997 Odra Floods....Pages 197-208
Recent Experience With the Use of Mathematical Models in Flood Action Planning and Flood Forecasting & Warning....Pages 209-218
Recent Trends in Hydrological Flood Warning Systems Development: The Czech Experience....Pages 219-227
Operative Control and Prediction of Floods in the River Odra Basin....Pages 229-236
Hydroinformatics for River Flood Management....Pages 237-250
Floodss a Flood Operational Decision Support System....Pages 251-260
Real-Time Flood Forecasting: Operational Experience and Recent Advances....Pages 261-270
Analytical Reproduction of Radar Images of Rainfall Spatial (2D) Distribution as an Input to GIS Based Flood Modelling....Pages 271-281
Lessons Learned from Recent Floods....Pages 283-292
Emergency Flood Control Operation During the 1997 Red River Flood....Pages 293-301
Investigations of the Effects of On-Site Stormwater Management Measures in Urban and Agricultural Areas on Floods....Pages 303-310
Geographical Information Systems Used as a Planning-Tool for On-Site Stormwater Management Measures....Pages 311-321
Selected Problems of Flood Protection of Towns....Pages 323-332
Urban Flood Control - Technical Support to the Diagnosis and Rehabilitation of Critical Areas in the City of Lisbon....Pages 333-342
Flood Mitigation in Urbanised Areas....Pages 343-349
Regional Impacts of Levee Construction and Channelization, Middle Mississippi River, USA....Pages 351-361
Risk of Flood Levee Overflowing....Pages 363-373
Emergency Flood Reservoirs in the Tisza Basin....Pages 375-384
Action Plan on Flood Defence and Control Strategies for Flood Retention on the Upper Rhine....Pages 385-393
Damage Caused by the 1997 Floods, Its Repair and Proposed Alternatives of Flood Control Measures....Pages 395-400
Flood Damages and Inundated Land Reclamation....Pages 401-404
Forecasting of River Discharges in the Presence of Chaos and Noise....Pages 405-419
Advances in Transfer Function Based Flood Forecasting....Pages 421-428
Back Matter....Pages 429-432
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