Hydrology of Disasters - nieuw boek

EAN (ISBN-13): 9789048147151
ISBN (ISBN-10): 9048147158
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Verschijningsjaar: 2010
Uitgever: Springer
460 Bladzijden
Gewicht: 0,690 kg
Taal: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 9789048147151

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Auteur: V.P. Singh
Titel: Water Science and Technology Library; Hydrology of Disasters
Uitgeverij: Springer; Springer Netherland
442 Bladzijden
Verschijningsjaar: 2010-12-15
Dordrecht; NL
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Taal: Engels
160,49 € (DE)
164,99 € (AT)
177,00 CHF (CH)
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XIV, 442 p.

BC; Hardcover, Softcover / Geowissenschaften/Geologie; Geologie und die Lithosphäre; Verstehen; climate; climate change; hydrology; natural disaster; organization; wind; hydrogeology; Geology; Environmental Management; Atmospheric Science; Umweltmanagement; Meteorologie und Klimatologie (Klimaforschung); BB; EA

1 Disasters: Natural or Man-made.- 1.1 Types of Disasters.- 1.2 Environmental and Hydrologic Consequences.- 1.3 Mitigation of Disasters.- 2 Representativity of Extreme Wind Data.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Wind phenomena Classified by the Wind Sspectrum.- 2.3 What Are Representative Wind Data?.- 2.4 Representativity of “Potential Wind”.- 2.5 Roughness Determination at Ordinary Wind Stations.- 2.6 Scale of Application of Station-Observed Wind.- 2.7 Getting and Using Potential Wind Data.- 2.8 Distribution of Average Wind Speeds.- 2.9 Shelter Problems in Analysis of Extreme Stormwind speeds.- 2.10 Some Available Studies of Extreme wind Speeds.- 3 Climate Change and Hydrological Disasters.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 The Greenhouse Effect, Climate Change and Hydrological Regimes.- 3.3 Estimating the Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrological Characteristics.- 3.4 Impacts of Climate Change on Floods.- 3.5 Impact of Climate Change on Drought.- 3.6 Conclusions.- 4 Extreme Floods.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Limitations of Statistical Methods for Estimating Design Floods.- 4.3 Data Series Used in the Estimation of Design Floods.- 4.4 Flood “Quantiles” as Design Events.- 4.5 Statistical Hypotheses Used for Estimating Design Floods.- 4.6 Some Remarks Pertaining to Flood Data.- 4.7 Choice of “D / E Procedure” for Flood Frequency Analysis.- 4.8 Regional Flood Frequency Estimation.- 4.9 Conclusions.- 5 Dam-Breach Floods.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Breach Description.- 5.3 Dam-Breach Flood Routing.- 5.4 Dam-Breach Flood Routing Data.- 5.5 Teton Dam-Breach Flood Case Study.- 5.6 Uncertainties of Dam-Breach Flood Modeling.- 6 Extreme Droughts.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Physical Systems Involved in a Drought.- 6.3 The Evolution of Extreme Drought.- 6.4 Modeling an Extreme Drought.- 6.5Discussion and Conclusions.- 7 Mud and Debris Flows.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Physical Processes.- 7.3 Methods of Prediction: When, Where, and How Much.- 7.4 Debris Flow Mitigation.- 7.5 Statistical Modeling of Debris Flows.- 7.6 Conclusions.- 8 Landslides.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Hydrological Triggering Mechanisms.- 8.3 Rainfall and Landslide Disasters.- 8.4 Regional Groundwater Flow.- 8.5 First-time and reactivated landslides.- 8.6 First-time Translational Slides.- 8.7 First-Time Rotational and Complex Deep-Seated Pre-Existing Landslide Movements.- 8.8 Landslide Caprocks and Their Response to Rainfall.- 8.9 Groundwater Models, Pre-Existing Landslide Complexes and Regional Planning.- 8.10 Landslides Associated with Snowmelt, Permafrost and Glaciers.- 8.11 Erosion, Rivers and Landslides.- 8.12 Storm-Induced Submarine Landslides.- 8.13 Conclusions.- 9 Land Subsidence.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Review of Mathematical Theory of Land Subsidence due to Fluid Withdrawal.- 9.3 Illustrative Case Studies.- 10 Saltwater Intrusion.- 10.1 Hydrological Aspects.- 10.2 Sharp Interface and Density Dependent Approaches.- 10.3 Dispersion in Porous Media.- 10.4 Mechanism of Saltwater Intrusion into Coastal Aquifers.- 10.5 Governing Equations.- 10.6 Initial and Boundary Conditions.- 10.7 Numerical Methods.- 10.8 Finite Element Formulation for Density Dependent Problems.- 10.9 Study Cases.- 10.10Concluding Remarks.- 11 Avalanche Dynamics.- 11.1 Introduction.- 11.2 Some Distinctive Characteristics of Granular Flows.- 11.3 One-Dimensional Model.- 11.4 Two-Dimensional Unconfined Flow.- 11.5 Density and Turbidity Current Concept.- 11.6 Two-phase Flow Models.- 11.7 Concluding remarks.- 12 Hydrological Disasters Associated with Volcanoes.- 12.1 Introduction.- 12.2 Steam (Phreatic) Explosions.- 12.3Eruptions Through a Crater Lake.- 12.4 Pyroclastic Flows Interacting with Water.- 12.5 Volcanic Melting of Snow and Ice.- 12.6 Volcanogenic Tsunamis.- 12.7 Release of Gases from a Crater Lake.- 12.8 Non-Volcanic Initiated Collapse of a Crater Lake.- 12.9 Heavy Rains on Recently Erupted Materials.- 12.10Conclusion.- 13 Earthquakes.- 13.1 Introduction.- 13.2 Example of Hydrologic Consequences of Earthquakes.- List of Contributors.