Proceedings of An International Floodplain Risk Management / Hiroshima / 11-13 November 1996
- Netherlands : A.A.Balkema, 1998
- 357p,illust, 26cm
Reducing flood losses in the United States. Requirements for crisis management in flood control plans and the design of flood control facilities. Flod control countermeasures in Japan. The New Natural Risks Mitigation Programme in France. Past and recent developments of flood control in the Tone River. Perception and reality concerning the 1993 Mississippi River Flood: An engineers' perspective. Risk assessment and management of potential flooding in the Netherlands. High tide disaster in the Ohtagawa River Delta in Hiroshima - Extent of the disaster and lessons learned from Typhoon 9119. Hiroshima as river and storm surge flooding-prone area. Levee system along the Upper Mississippi River. Risk management of the Yodogawa River during the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. Strategy for dike breaching and floodplain risk management in the Yellow River.