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Informationen zum Autor Slobodan P. Simonovic has over thirty years of research, teaching and consulting experience in water resources engineering and has received a number of awards for excellence in teaching, research and outreach. Most of his research is being conducted through the Facility for Intelligent Decision Support (FIDS) at the University of Western Ontario, where he is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Director of Engineering Studies with the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction. His primary research focus is on the application of systems approach to, and development of the decision support tools for, management of complex water and environmental systems and the integration of risk, reliability, uncertainty, simulation and optimization in hydrology and water resources management. Dr Simonovic teaches courses in civil engineering and water resources systems, plays an active role in national and international professional organizations and has been invited to present special courses for practising water resources engineers in many countries. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Flood Risk Management and Water Resources Management and has published over 350 articles and two major textbooks. Klappentext Provides a flood risk-management framework for identifying and assessing climate-related risks and developing adaptation responses, for academic researchers and professionals. Zusammenfassung This book presents flood risk management as a framework for identifying and assessing climate-related risks and developing adaptation responses. Ideal for academic researchers and professionals working in hazard mitigation! hydrology! water resources engineering and environmental policy! it is one of four books on climate-related flood disaster management theory and practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Forewords; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; List of acronyms; Part I. Setting the Stage: 1. Flood risk management; 2. Climate change and risk of flooding; 3. Risk management as adaptation to climate change; Part II. Flood Risk Management - Probabilistic Approach: 4. Risk management - probabilistic approach; Part III. Flood Risk Management - Fuzzy Set Approach: 5. Risk management - fuzzy set approach; Part IV. Future Perspectives: 6. Future perspectives; References; Index....
