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.
By:
S.N. Ghosh
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 4th edition
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 184mm,
Spine: 28mm
Weight: 975g
ISBN: 9781138026278
ISBN 10: 1138026271
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 14 February 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface to the Fourth Edition, Preface to the First Edition, 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, SELECTED REFERENCES, SUGGESTED READINGS, INDEX
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
