Crash tests for forward-looking flood control in the city of Zürich (Switzerland)

IAHS-AISH Proceedings and Reports

Volumn 370, Issue , 2015, Pages 235-242

  Zappa, M ^a   Andres, N ^a   Kienzler, P ^b   Naf Huber D ^b   Marti, C ^c   Oplatka, M ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b Scherrer AG   (Switzerland)

^c Water   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; LOSSES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK PERCEPTION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTIFICIAL RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FLOOD MANAGEMENT; HYDROPOWER RESERVOIRS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL DECISION; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STRUCTURAL MEASURES;

FLOODS;

DISASTER RELIEF; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; PEAK FLOW; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RESERVOIR; SAFETY; TESTING METHOD;

SCHWYZ [SWITZERLAND]; SIHL RIVER; SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

EID: 84954476422     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5194/piahs-370-235-2015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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