River basin modelling for flood risk mitigation

"This broad but integrated scope provides an attractive overview to researchers and professionals world-wide working in the field of flood risk management and other hydrological issues. This work is also intended as a sound introduction to river basin management for (post)graduate university students in Civil and Environmental Engineering and in Geography."--BOOK JACKET.

"This book contains edited lectures given by 16 leading European experts at an EU sponsored Advanced Study Course, held at the University of Birmingham, UK"--Preface.

Introduction to flooding and river basin modelling / D.W. Knight -- The European perspective and research on flooding / P.G. Samuels -- Overview of current perspectives on climate change / A. Bronstert -- The effects of climate change on flooding / A. Bronstert -- The growth and significance of hydroinformatics / Roland K. Price -- The application of hydroinformatics / Roland K. Price and Abebe Andualem Jemberie -- Quantitative precipitation forecasting / I.D. Cluckie and D. Han -- History of radar and radar meteorology / G.L. Austin and I.D. Cluckie -- Topics related to rainfall-runoff models / A.Y. Shamseldin -- Real-time river flow forecasting / A.Y. Shamseldin -- River flow forecasting / K.M. O'Connor -- The Galway real-time river flow forecasting system (GFFS) / K.M. O'Connor -- Introduction to decision support systems / M. Bruen -- Teleflood : forecasting floods in urban areas downstream of steep catchments / M. Bruen -- Present operational flood forecasting systems and possible improvements / E. Todini -- Holistic flood management and decision support systems / E. Todini -- River flood hydraulics : theoretical issues and stage-discharge relationships / D.W. Knight -- River …