Scientific Advances vs. Engineering Challenges on Flood Design and Risk Assessment under Uncertainty
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2019) | Viewed by 4860
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Interests: hydrology, water resources management, hydroinformatics, hydrological modelling, floods, water-energy nexus
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Interests: hydrology, hydroelectric energy, hydrometeorology, geographical information systems (GIS), hydrological modelling, water resources engineering, ancient water hydraulic works
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increasing global awareness of the impact of hydroclimatic and environmental changes derives, among other events, from the intensification of castastrophic flood events worldwide. Consequently, it is critical to account for changing issues and associated uncertainties in the design of hydraulic infastructures and the preparation of flood risk management plans. On the other hand, despite the extended discussion about the key concepts of change and uncertainty in hydro-environmental sciences and the development of numerous methods for their quantification, their practical use is rather limited among stakeholders and practitioners.
In this context, the objective of this Special Issue is to present state-of-the-art methods for flood simulation, prediction, and risk assesment under uncertainty, and to identify the perspectives and means of incorporating them into well-established planning, design, and management practices. The research presented might focus on the following:
- The recognition and quantification of different sources of uncertainty within flood simulation and forecasting;
- Stochastic vs. deteministic intepretations of hydroclimatic and environmental changes and their impact on flood estimations;
- Revisiting classical flood modelling concepts, assumptions, formulaes, and associated design recipes;
- The presentation of novel approaches for flood risk assessment;
- The evaluation of uncertainties of flood-awareness systems;
- Know-how transfer of uncertainty to decision-making processes and the flood engineering industry;
Dr. Andreas Efstratiadis
Assoc. Prof. Nikos Mamassis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- flood simulation
- flood risk assessment
- hydroclimatic and environmental changes
- uncertainty
- flood engineering practices
- stochastic vs. deteministic methods
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