Flood control and drainage engineering /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ghosh, S. N. (Some Nath) (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2014]
Edition:Fourth edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Flood problems
  • Estimation of design flood
  • Flood routing through reservoirs and channels
  • Design of spillways
  • Flood mitigation through planning of reservoir capacities and operation of reservoirs
  • Flood mitigation through river protection and improvement works
  • Flood forecasting, warning and flood fighting
  • Economics of flood control, project
  • Design of subsurface drainage system
  • Design of surface drainage system
  • Water-logging and salinity
  • Application of remote sensing technology for flood control
  • Flood plain delineation and flood hazard assessment
  • Flood damage management : tsunamis and storm surges
  • Flooding due to collapse of dams : breaching of flood levees and urban coastal areas.