Hydrology
In: A Primer on Environmental Decision-Making, S. 285-305
In: A Primer on Environmental Decision-Making, S. 285-305
In: Earth Science in the City: A Reader; Special Publications, S. 255-256
In: Water Science and Technology Library v.24
In: International Geology Review, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 36-45
In: Water science and technology library 16,3
In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Hydrology and Water Resources 3
International audience ; Hydrology: water cycle science and issues but also• Hydroecology•Related biogeochimical cycles• Hydric erosion & Geomorphology• Epidemiology (waterborne deseases) Fresh water issues:• Inland water ressources monitoring (quantity & quality)• Aquatic habitats monitoring• Hydrological risks preventionActions:• Science: Processes understanding, modelling and simulation• Public policies (Water managers, engineering):– EU Nitrates Directive - 1991– EU Water Framework – 2000– EU Floods Directive - 2007
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International audience ; Hydrology: water cycle science and issues but also• Hydroecology•Related biogeochimical cycles• Hydric erosion & Geomorphology• Epidemiology (waterborne deseases) Fresh water issues:• Inland water ressources monitoring (quantity & quality)• Aquatic habitats monitoring• Hydrological risks preventionActions:• Science: Processes understanding, modelling and simulation• Public policies (Water managers, engineering):– EU Nitrates Directive - 1991– EU Water Framework – 2000– EU Floods Directive - 2007
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In: Low Impact Development and Sustainable Stormwater Management, S. 33-50
A GEM article on Zimbabwe's hydrology systems. ; With the advent of independence in Zimbabwe, the accent on water resource development has changed. The new Government's major thrust turned to the-rural areas and thus rural water supply development gained in importance. It is in this sector that outside foreign donor aid has played a major and significant role. While this paper describes the history of hydrology in Zimbabwe, it is of course difficult to divorce this from water resources development generally and indeed the author has not attempted to do this. .
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In: Water science and technology library, 41
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In: Understanding global environmental change
Historical hydrology is based on data derived from historical written, pictorial and epigraphic documentary sources. It lies at the interface between hydrology and environmental history, using methodologies from both disciplines basically with the goal of significantly extending the instrumental measurement period with experience from the pre-instrumental past. Recently this field of research has gained increased recognition as a tool to improve current flood risk estimations when EU guidelines regulated by law the quantitative consideration of previous floods. 1 Awareness to consider pre-instrumental experience in flood risk analysis seems to have risen at the level of local and federal authorities in Switzerland as well. The 2011 Fukushima catastrophe probably fostered this rethinking process, when pressure from the media, society and politics as well as the regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) forced the authorities to reassess the current flood risk analysis for Swiss nuclear power plants. In 2015 a historical hydrological study was commissioned by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) to assess the magnitudes of pre-instrumental Aare River flood discharges, including the most important tributaries (the Saane, Emme, Reuss and Limmat rivers). The results of the historical hydrological study serve now as the basis for the main study, EXAR (commissioned under the lead of FOEN in cooperation with the Swiss Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI), the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), the Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP), and the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss)), which combines historical and climatological analysis with statistical approaches and mathematical models with the goal of better understanding the hazards and possible interactions that can be caused by extreme flood events. In a second phase the catchment of the River Rhine will be targeted as well. More recently several local historical hydrological studies of smaller catchments have been requested by the responsible local authorities. The course for further publicly requested historical hydrological analysis seems thus to have been set. This paper therefore intends to discuss the potential of historical hydrological analysis, with a focus on the specific situation in Switzerland. 1 Guideline 2007/60/EG of the European Parliament and Council from 23 October 2007 on assessment and management of flood risks, Official Journal of the European Union, L 288, 27–34, Brussels, 2007.
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