FLOODS: A GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE (FOCAL PROBLEMS IN GEOGRAPHY)
Written by Roy Ward
Published by The Macmillan Press Ltd.
in 1978
ISBN: 0333230841
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FLOODS: A GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE (FOCAL PROBLEMS IN GEOGRAPHY)
Written by Roy Ward.
Stock no. 1602944
1st.
1978.
Softcover.
Very good condition.
This study of major flood problems ranges from the hydrological causes of floods, and their prediction and routing, to a survey of man's response to the flood situation. International in scope, it is addressed to students of Hydrology, Geography, Environmental Studies and Civil Engineering (water systems and water engineering). Blue cardwraps. B/w mapsand diagrams, and a few b/w photos. xii and 244 pages including index. ISBN: 0333230841. Light creasing to spine. Text block browned. Pen mark to title page. Else contents clean.
Front cover
Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Floods Caused by Precipitation: I Rainfall
- 3. Floods Caused by Precipitation: II Snowmelt, Rain-on-Snow and Icemelt
- 4. Floods Not Caused by Precipitation
- 5. Floods as Geomorphological Agents
- 6. Flood Prediction
- 7. Flood Forecasting
- 8. Human Response to the Flood Hazard: I Introduction and Possible Adjustments
- 9. Human Response to the Flood Hazard: II Flood Abatement
- 10. Human Response to the Flood Hazard: III Flood Protection
- 11. Economic Aspects of Response to the Flood Hazard
- 12. Prospect