Introduction
Floods
are devastating natural disasters with a significant impact on
human life and the surrounding environent. Flood Risk Assessment
and Management should serve as an Ideal textbook on analytical
flood risk assessment and management, and is intended for lecturers,
undergraduates and postgraduates in civil engineering, geography,
environmental science, earth sciences, and related disciplines.
This book is based on the lecture notes taught at the University
of Bristol to students undertaking a Masters course in civil engineering.
All chapters are supplemented with challenging questions, answers
and solutions.
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