Global Flood Hazard: Applications in Modeling, Mapping, and Forecasting

By Kin Keung Lai, Shouyang Wang, Shashi Kant Mishra

Book Overview

Global Flood Hazard

Subject Category Winner, PROSE Awards 2019, Earth Science

Selected from more than 500 entries, demonstrating exceptional scholarship and making a significant contribution to the field of study.

Flooding is a costly natural disaster in terms of damage to land, property and infrastructure. This volume describes the latest tools and technologies for modeling, mapping, and predicting large-scale flood risk. It also presents readers with a range of remote sensing data sets successfully used for predicting and mapping floods at different scales. These resources can enable policymakers, public planners, and developers to plan for, and respond to, flooding with greater accuracy and effectiveness.

Describes the latest large-scale modeling approaches, including hydrological models, 2-D flood inundation models, and global flood forecasting models Showcases new tools and technologies such as Aqueduct, a new web-based tool used for global assessment and projection of future flood risk under climate change scenarios Features case studies describing best-practice uses of modeling techniques, tools, and technologies

Global Flood Hazard is an indispensable resource for researchers, consultants, practitioners, and policy makers dealing with flood risk, flood disaster response, flood management, and flood mitigation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119217865
• ISBN13: 9781119217862
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: American Geophysical Union
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 10.9"