Flood Handbook: Principles and Applications

by Saeid Eslamian (Editor), Faezeh A. Eslamian (Editor)

Overview

Floods are difficult to prevent but can be managed in order to reduce their environmental, social, cultural, and economic impacts. Flooding poses a serious threat to life and property, and therefore it's very important that flood risks be taken into account during any planning process. This handbook presents different aspects of flooding in the context of a changing climate and across various geographical locations. Written by experts from around the world, it examines flooding in various climates and landscapes, taking into account environmental, ecological, hydrological, and geomorphic factors, and considers urban, agriculture, rangeland, forest, coastal, and desert areas.

Features

• Presents the main principles and applications of the science of floods, including engineering and technology, natural science, as well as sociological implications.
• Examines flooding in various climates and diverse landscapes, taking into account environmental, ecological, hydrological, and geomorphic factors.
• Considers floods in urban, agriculture, rangeland, forest, coastal, and desert areas
• Covers flood control structures as well as preparedness and response methods.
• Written in a global context, by contributors from around the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032201849
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	08/26/2024
Pages:	624
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Saeid Eslamian is professor of Hydrology at Isfahan University of Technology, where he heads the Hydrology Research Group in the Department of Water Engineering. His research focuses mainly on statistical and environmental hydrology and climate change. In particular, he is working on modeling and prediction of natural hazards including flood, drought, storms, wind, groundwater drawdown, and pollution for arid and semi-arid zones, particularly in urban areas. He is also a Visiting Professor at Princeton University, and University of ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
He has contributed to more than 300 publications in books, research journals, and technical reports or papers in conferences. He is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of both the International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology and the Journal of Flood Engineering. He received ASCE and EWRI awards in 2009 and 2010 for his research.

Faezeh Eslamian holds a Ph.D. in Bioresource Engineering from McGill University, Canada. Her research focuses on the development of a novel lime-based product to mitigate phosphorus loss from agricultural fields. Faezeh completed her bachelor's and master's degrees in civil and environmental engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, Iran, where she evalu-ated natural and low-cost absorbents for the removal of pollutants such as textile dyes and heavy metals. Furthermore, she has conducted research on worldwide water quality standards and wastewater reuse guidelines. Faezeh is an experienced multidisciplinary researcher with an interest in soil and water quality, environ-mental remediation, water reuse, and drought management.

Table of Contents

Part I: An Introduction to Flooding

1. Flash Flood Definition: Characteristics, Sources and Analysis-David Archer
2. Geomorphoogy and Flooding-Giovanni Barrocu
3. Mediterranean Flooding- Samir Algamal
4. Arid Zone Flooding-Hassan Rezaei Sadr
5. Hydroelectric and Floods-R. K. Saket

Part II: Social Aspects and Guidelines

6. Social Aspects of Flooding-Bintul Huda Mir
7. Stakeholder Collaboration in Flood Risk Management-Karen Potter
8. Impacts of flooding on Nigeria Educational Sector and Innovative Solutions-Benjamin Anabaraonye
9. International Law and Policies on Floods-Sergio Peña Neira
10. Guidelines for Unit Hydrograph Analyses-Richard McCuen

Parst III: Past Floods

11. History of World Extreme Floods-Mousa Maleki
12. Isotope Techniques in Flood Analysis- Samir Algamal
13. Paleoflood and Historical Flood Hydrology-Victor R. Baker
14. Bankfull Stage and Flood Return Periods- Iftekhar Ahmed
15. Dominant Discharge of Rivers- Iftekhar Ahmed
16. Flood Mark Applications-Niranjan Bhattacharjee

Part IV: Food Measurement and Estimation

17. Regional Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves in Algeria-Bénina Touaibia
18. Dynamic Curve Numbers: Concept and Application-Sara Nazif
19. Application of SCS-CN for Estimating Runoff on Arid Watershed-Dilip Kumar Ghose
20. Flood Hydrograph and Base Flow Separation using the Web Based Hydrograph Analysis Tool -Never Mujere

Part V: Flood Control and Uses

21. Closed Drainage Systems-Qin Qian
22. Flood Water Harvesting- Nasir Rather
23. Flood Spreading-Reza Ghazavi
24. Biotechnology and Flood-Resistant Rice-Saima Aslam
25. A Novel Groundwater Recharge using Storm water Drainage-Jayantial Patel

Part VI: Flooding and Quality Aspects

26. Sampling and Analytical Techniques for Flood Water Quality Monitoring-Josephine Treacy
27. Watershed Contamination by a Copper Mine with Flooding-Emery Coppola Jr.