Overview

Primarily written as course material on flood control and drainage engineering for advanced students of civil engineering, this new fourth edition is again thoroughly revised. It accommodates recent developments in remote sensing, information technology and GIS technology. New added material deals with flood management due to Tsunami waves, flooding due to dam failure and breaking of embankments, application of dredging technologies, problems of flood forecasting, flood plain prioritization and flood hazard zoning, and engineering measures for flood control. Drainage improvement is tackled, with particular regard to salinity and coastal aquifer management from the ingress of sea water. The book includes design problem-solving and case studies, making it practical and applications-oriented. The subject matter will be of considerable interest to civil engineers, agricultural engineers, architects and town planners, as well as other government and non-government organizations.

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Author:   S.N. Ghosh
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Edition:   4th edition
Weight:   0.725kg
ISBN:  

9781138077157

ISBN 10:   1138077151
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   28 June 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents 1. FLOOD PROBLEMS 2. ESTIMATION OF DESIGN FLOOD 3. FLOOD ROUTING THROUGH RESERVOIRS AND CHANNELS 4. DESIGN OF SPILLWAYS 5. FLOOD MITIGATION THROUGH PLANNING OF RESERVOIR CAPACITIES AND OPERATlON OF RESERVOIRS 6. FLOOD MITIGATION THROUGH RIVER PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT WORKS 7. FLOOD FORECASTING, WARNING AND FLOOD FIGHTING 8. ECONOMICS OF FLOOD CONTROL, PROJECT 9. DESIGN OF SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE SYSTEM 10. DESIGN OF SURFACE DRAINAGE SYSTEM 11. WATER-LOGGING AND SALINITY 12. APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY FOR FLOOD CONTROL 13. FLOOD PLAIN DELINEATION AND FLOOD HAZARD ASSESSMENT 14. FLOOD DAMAGE MANAGEMENT—Tsunamis and Storm Surges 15. FLOODING DUE TO COLLAPSE OF DAMS—Breaching of Flood Levees and Urban Coastal Areas INDEX

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The author, presently retired, served as professor and head of the Civil Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. He also served the Calcutta Port Trust as Chief Hydraulic Engineer on deputation from IIT. Professor Ghosh is a member of several learned societies and recipient of the Commonwealth Scholarship for Post Doctoral Research at Imperial College, London, UK

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