Flood Handbook

Dr. Saeid Eslamian is professor of Hydrology at Isfahan University of Technology, where he heads the Hydrology Research Group in the Department of Water Engineering. His research focuses mainly on statistical and environmental hydrology and climate change. In particular, he is working on modeling and prediction of natural hazards including flood, drought, storms, wind, groundwater drawdown, and pollution for arid and semi-arid zones, particularly in urban areas. He is also a Visiting Professor at Princeton University, and University of ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He has contributed to more than 300 publications in books, research journals, and technical reports or papers in conferences. He is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of both the International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology and the Journal of Flood Engineering. He received ASCE and EWRI awards in 2009 and 2010 for his research. Faezeh Eslamian holds a Ph.D. in Bioresource Engineering from McGill University, Canada. Her research focuses on the development of a novel lime-based product to mitigate phosphorus loss from agricultural fields. Faezeh completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil and environmental engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, Iran, where she evalu-ated natural and low-cost absorbents for the removal of pollutants such as textile dyes and heavy metals. Furthermore, she has conducted research on worldwide water quality standards and wastewater reuse guidelines. Faezeh is an experienced multidisciplinary researcher with an interest in soil and water quality, environ-mental remediation, water reuse, and drought management.

Part I: An Introduction to Flooding






Flash Flood Definition: Characteristics, Sources and Analysis-David Archer



Geomorphoogy and Flooding-Giovanni Barrocu



Mediterranean Flooding- Samir Algamal



Arid Zone Flooding-Hassan Rezaei Sadr



Hydroelectric and Floods-R. K. Saket
Part II: Social Aspects and Guidelines




Social Aspects of Flooding-Bintul Huda Mir



Stakeholder Collaboration in Flood Risk Management-Karen Potter



Impacts of flooding on Nigeria Educational Sector and Innovative Solutions-Benjamin Anabaraonye



International Law and Policies on Floods-Sergio Peña Neira



Guidelines for Unit Hydrograph Analyses-Richard McCuen


Parst III: Past Floods




History of World Extreme Floods-Mousa Maleki



Isotope Techniques in Flood Analysis- Samir Algamal



Paleoflood and Historical Flood Hydrology-Victor R. Baker



Bankfull Stage and Flood Return Periods- Iftekhar Ahmed



Dominant Discharge of Rivers- Iftekhar Ahmed



Flood Mark Applications-Niranjan Bhattacharjee
Part IV: Food Measurement and Estimation




Regional Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves in Algeria-Bénina Touaibia



Dynamic Curve Numbers: Concept and Application-Sara Nazif



Application of SCS-CN for Estimating Runoff on Arid Watershed-Dilip Kumar Ghose



Flood Hydrograph and Base Flow Separation using the Web Based Hydrograph Analysis Tool -Never Mujere


Part V: Flood Control and Uses




Closed Drainage Systems-Qin Qian



Flood Water Harvesting- Nasir Rather



Flood Spreading-Reza Ghazavi



Biotechnology and Flood-Resistant Rice-Saima Aslam



A Novel Groundwater Recharge using Storm water Drainage-Jayantial Patel
Part VI: Flooding and Quality Aspects




Sampling and Analytical Techniques for Flood Water Quality Monitoring-Josephine Treacy



Watershed Contamination by a Copper Mine with Flooding-Emery Coppola Jr.