Overview

The four parts of this book - the problem, managing the problem (mitigation), managing the problem (warnings and technology), and related hazards - is a collaborative effort across different boundaries and disciplines, identifying key challenges, areas of progress and opportunities. The book emphasizes that it is the social science links that need most attention, viz., research on warnings, warning response and risk communication. Further, the work must be seen in the context of sustainable policies, so that economic growth is not compromised and a longer term outlook is adopted.

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Author:   Eve Gruntfest ,  John Handmer
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2001 ed.
Volume:   77
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.450kg
ISBN:  

9780792368250

ISBN 10:   0792368258
Pages:   322
Publication Date:   31 January 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I: The Problem—Definitions, Vulnerabilities.- Dealing With Flash Floods: Contemporary Issues and Future Possibilities.- Impacts of Flash Floods.- Role of Education in Reducing Flash Flood Effects.- Hydrometeorology of Flash Floods.- GIS and Social Vulnerability Analysis.- Flash Flood Mitigation in Uganda, Equatorial East Africa.- A Study of the Knowledge and Behavior of Brzesko Inhabitants After the Flood in 1997.- Features of Flash Floods Within Plain and Mountain Territory of Ukraine.- A Hydro-Social Modeling Approach for Flash Flooding Alleviation.- II: Managing the Problem- Mitigation.- Warning Systems for Flash Floods: Research Needs, Opportunities and Trends.- Local Flood Hazard Reduction Plans in Poland - Problems and Perspectives.- The Integrated Approach to Flash Flood Management.- The Effectiveness of Engineering Geology in Coping with Flash Floods: A Systems Approach.- Assessing the Effects and Effectiveness of Flash Flood Mitigation Strategies.- III: Managing the Problem- Warnings and Technology.- Overall Experience/System Design.- The Killer Tornado Outbreak of 3 May 1999: Applications of OK-First in Rural Communities.- Revelations from 21 Years of Providing Flash Flood Warning Support in Denver, Colorado.- Beyond Flood Detection: Alternative Applications of Real-Time Data.- Monitoring, Detection, and Prediction.- Hydrometeorological Characteristics of Flash Floods.- Resonance of Scales as a Condition for Flash Floods on a Regional Domain.- A Distributed Hydrological Model of Flash-Floods.- Watershed Modeling with HEC-HMS (Hydrologic Engineering Centers - Hydrologic Modeling System) Using Spatially Distributed Rainfall.- Soil Moisture Observations for Flash Flood Research and Prediction.- Decision-making, Dissemination and Warning.- U.S. Flash FloodWarning Dissemination Via Radio and Television.- Ranking Flash Flood Warnings: A Better Way to Relate Threat to the Public?.- IV: Related Hazards.- Landslide Hazards Associated with Flash-Floods, with Examples from the December 1999 Disaster in Venezuela.- Evaluation of Temporal and Spatial Factors that Control the Susceptibility to Rainfall-Triggered Landslides.- Heavy Rainfall Effects in Mexico During Early October 1999.- V: Where Do We Go From Here ?.- The Flash Flood Laboratory at Colorado State University’s Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere.- Improved Flash Flood Predictions.- Where We Go From Here: Policy and Research Recommendations.

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