Introduction to floodplain modeling and management - Introduction to open channel hydraulics - Hydraulic modeling tools - Planning for floodplain modeling studies - Data needs, availability, and development - Bridge modeling - Culvert modeling - Data review, calibration, and results analysis - The U.S. national flood insurance program - Floodway modeling - Channel modification - Advanced floodplain modeling - Mobile boundary situations and bridge scour - Unsteady flow modeling - Importing and exporting files with HEC-RAS.

Introduction to floodplain modeling and management - Introduction to open channel hydraulics - Hydraulic modeling tools - Planning for floodplain modeling studies - Data needs, availability, and development - Bridge modeling - Culvert modeling - Data review, calibration, and results analysis - The U.S. national flood insurance program - Floodway modeling - Channel modification - Advanced floodplain modeling - Mobile boundary situations and bridge scour - Unsteady flow modeling - Importing and exporting files with HEC-RAS.

Each year, floods cause an enormous amount of global economic and social damage, impacting transportation systems, water supplies, agriculture, and health. Response management to catastrophic floods require increased measures involving integrated planning, adaptation, and recovery strategies in order to protect against human loss. Decision Support Methods for Assessing Flood Risk and Vulnerability is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the application of effective models and tools focused on the diagnosis of vulnerability to flooding risks and evaluates and measures the impact of floods on socio-economic wellbeing. While highlighting topics such as hydrological events, soil erosion, and flood vulnerability, this publication explores methods of identifying appropriate adaptation strategies. This book is ideally designed for researchers, students, academicians, policymakers, government officials, and technology developers seeking current empirical research findings to be used to improve the overall understanding of the flood phenomenon.

This book presents results of scientific studies ranging from hydrological modelling to water management and policy issues in the Nile River basin. It examines the physical, hydrometeorological and hydrogeological description of the basin along with analysis in understanding the hydrological processes of the basin under the changing land-use stemming from population pressure and increased natural resources tapping. The book discusses the increased impact of climate change on the river flows, and such issues as water availability and demand, management and policy to offset the imbalance between demand and available resources. This book will be of interest to researchers, practitioners, water resources mangers, policy makers as well as graduate and undergraduate students. It is a useful reference text for ecohydrology, arid zone hydrology, hydrology of transboundary rivers and similar courses.