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Flooding is the most devastating kind of natural disaster world-wide with over 200 000 human lives being lost in floods in the decade between 1986 and 1995 (Munich Reinsurance 1997) and over 10 000 in 1997 (Munich Reinsurance 1998). This lecture covers the important topic of means of assessing the hydrological risk of flooding from rivers through the use of models. It should be stressed that in a single lecture it is only possible to provide a brief overview of the subject introducing some key concepts. The detail on any particular approach or method will be left to references.
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Samuels, P.G. (2004). A Brief Overview of Hydrological Modelling. In: Casale, R., Margottini, C. (eds) Natural Disasters and Sustainable Development. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08905-7_6
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