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Hydrologic Modelling of Flash Floods and Their Effects
Flash floods are ranked on top in the number of people that are affected and amount of damages caused. The sudden nature of this disaster gives less...
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Flow velocity prediction in a vegetated channel using soft computing techniques
Flow vegetation interaction is a complex process affected by physical parameters, such as flow depth, vegetation height, stem characteristics,...
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Bedeutung großskaliger Rückbaumaßnahmen für die Minimierung der Sohleintiefung und des erforderlichen Geschiebeeintrags sowie zur Verbesserung der Morphodynamik und Ökologie an der Grenzmur
The straightening and narrowing of the course of the Mura River along the national border between Austria and Slovenia increased bedload transport,...
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Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems Driven Data Analysis
Remote sensingRemote sensing (RS) and Geographic Information Systems (GISGeographical information systems (GIS)) are routinely used in hydrologic...
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GIS Based Management System for Flood Forecast Applications
Water resources of a country constitute mainly surface and ground water, with rainfall being the basic source. Due to non-uniform variation of...
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Flow-3D Numerical Modeling of Converged Side Weir
A Side weir is used to divert water for various purposes in channels and rivers. In this study, the side weir is investigated in the converging...
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The Chézy Roughness Coefficient Computing Using an Artificial Neural Network to Support the Mathematical Modelling of River Flows
The Chézy roughness coefficient provides an empirical link between the impelling force and the unaccelerated velocity of the flowing water. This...
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Flood Risk Assessment Methods—A Review
Floods are the most prevalent natural disasters worldwide. Studies have shown that the frequency of flooding will increase in the future. Flood...
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Predicting Navigability in the Lower Athabasca River System Through Numerical Modelling
The Lower Athabasca River (LAR) system in northern Alberta has been an important navigational route for First Nations and Métis communities for...
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Designing with Nature: Incorporating Hydrologic Services in Engineering Projects
Nature-based solutions now form part of the engineering toolbox for water resources. This chapter explores when and how natural infrastructure can...
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Climate Resilience Via Smart Technologies Over Natural Disaster
Humans are directly and indirectly impacted by the frequency and severity of natural disasters due to climate change Rather than relying solely on...
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Effect of Probability Distribution-Based Physical Habitat Suitability Index on Environmental-Flow Estimation
Habitat suitability index (HSI) is a fundamental factor in ecological river-restoration projects for assessing fish habitat to create inhabited...
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Detection of Flood Hazard Using QGIS
Flash floods result in significant damage to the society and economics of a particular country. These are serious issues in built-up areas, where the...
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Breaching Process of “11·03” Dammed Lake and Flood Routing
Accurate prediction of the breach hydrograph and flood routing is crucial step for emergency response of the breaching of a dammed lake. On October...
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Prediction of a Multi-hazard Chain by an Integrated Numerical Simulation Approach: The Baige Landslide Along the **sha River, China
Successive landslides during October and November 2018 in Baige village, eastern Tibet, China dammed the **sha River twice and the dam-breach had...
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COMPUTATION OF GRADUALLY VARIED FLOW
Water-surface elevations are necessary for engineering applications, such as planning, design, and operation of open channels in order to assess the...
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Breaching and Flood Routing Simulation of the 2018 Two Baige Landslide Dams in **sha River
On October 10 and November 3, 2018, the right bank slope of the **sha River at Baige village failed twice and formed two huge landslide dams. The...
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Rainfall Runoff Modelling of Urban Area Using HEC-HMS: A Case Study of Hyderabad City
Uncontrolled urbanization and climate change play a significant role in urban flooding. The condition in which rainfall excess exceeds the drainage...
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Trend Analysis of Highly Cited Papers on Sustainable Watershed Management: A Bibliometric Review
Surface and sub-surface flow and storage characteristics are inducing an acute need to study them in a sustainable manner in terms of their...
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UAV Photogrammetry-based Sea Level Establishment for a Storm Surge Early Warning System in Wolpo-beach, South Korea
Recent environmental change exacerbates living conditions especially in coastal areas due to increases of frequency and intensity of typhoons. A...