Overview

Papers presented at the 10th in a series of conferences on River Basin Management are contained in this book. The included works mark a growing global interest in the planning, design and management of river basin systems and take in to account all aspects of Hydrology, Ecology, Environmental Management, Flood Plains and Wetlands. Catastrophic events such as floods and associated landslides, erosion and sedimentation can have serious effects not only on life and property but also on the basin ecology. Frequently these problems are aggravated by the unforeseen consequences of man made changes in the river basin. This has led in recent years to work on river restoration and rehabilitation with various degrees of success. Changes in the landscape, use of the land and climate conditions leads to a continuous revaluation of river basin management objectives requiring the development of better measuring tools in conjunction with accurate computer technology. Specific themes covered in this volume include: Water resources management; Flood risk management; Ecological and environmental impact; Erosion and sediment transport; Hydrological modelling; River restoration and rehabilitation; Hydropower issues and development; River and watershed management; Water quality issues; Organic contamination management; Agricultural pollution; Transboundary water issues; Estuaries and deltas; Climate change; Remote sensing; Hydraulic structures; Rain water management; Water energy nexus; Drought assessment and management; Ecosystem services.

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Author:   S. Mambretti ,  J. Melgarejo
Publisher:   WIT Press
Imprint:   WIT Press
Volume:   234
ISBN:  

9781784663278

ISBN 10:   1784663271
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   16 July 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Sediment transport at river contractions; Effects of temporal variation in sediment reduction following improved land management practices on end-of-system delivery: A modelling investigation of a grazed catchment in Queensland, Australia; Fluvial responses following volcanic eruptions: The Blanco-Este River, southern Chile; Areal Reduction Factors for design rainfall estimation in the Modder-Riet River Basin, South Africa; Objective assessment of land use in hydrographical studies; Development and assessment of a single-event design flood estimation tool: Case study in four climatological regions of South Africa; Derivation of the index governing the seepage flow and dynamic similarity condition of levee failures due to seepage flow; Estimation of levee failure points based on levee vulnerability index and flood risk analysis by integrating simulation of flood flow and inundation; Turbulent kinetic energy in fish passes of various types of construction; Critical role of bridging organizations in river basin management in Alberta, Canada; Assessment of climate change impacts on the hydrologic risk by quantitative alteration in the Catalan internal basins; Financing of water policy: Cost recovery of the Hydrographic Confederations of Spain; Underground waters: Changes in groundwater policies; Assessment of the ecological potential of heavily modified water bodies in the Basilicata region, Italy: Case study of the Agri River Basin; Development of a rainfall-runoff model: Suitability assessment in the Morava River Basin, Czech Republic; Adequacy of geotextile tube dewatering in three river remediation scenarios; Calibration and validation of ET0 through an R-CRAN code in agricultural lands of south-east Spain; Assessing social perceptions of emerging pollutants in south-east Spain; Assessment of daily intake of arsenic and associated health risks for children; Longitudinal dispersion prediction of River Balogun using constant distance and time approach at different sampling time intervals; Preliminary assessment of the current pollution status of the River Atuwara, Nigeria, within an industrial site: A bivariate approach Author index

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