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Flood Hydrology. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Flood Frequency and Risk Analyses, 14-17 May 1986, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, U.S.A.
Singh, V.P. (1987). Flood Hydrology. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Flood Frequency and Risk Analyses, 14-17 May 1986, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, U.S.A. D. Reidel Publishing: Dordrecht. ISBN 978-94-009-3957-8. xii, 429 pp.

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  • Berlamont, J.; Sas, M.; Van Rompuy, P. (1987). Cost-benefit analysis of a proposed storm surge barrier on the river Scheldt (Belgium), in: Singh, V.P. Flood Hydrology. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Flood Frequency and Risk Analyses, 14-17 May 1986, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, U.S.A.. pp. 333-345, more
  • Van der Beken, A.; Vandewiele, G.L.; Mariën, J.; Terrens, I.; De Schrijver, G. (1987). A study for real time operation of four flood reservoirs, in: Singh, V.P. Flood Hydrology. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Flood Frequency and Risk Analyses, 14-17 May 1986, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, U.S.A.. pp. 369-378, more

Abstract
    Floods constitute a persistent and serious problem throughout the United States and many other parts of the world. They are responsible for losses amounting to billions of dollars and scores of deaths annually. Virtually all parts of the nation--coastal, moun­ tainous and rural--are affected by them. Two aspects of the problem of flooding that have long been topics of scientific inquiry are flood frequency and risk analyses. Many new, even improved, tech­ niques have recently been developed for performing these analyses. Nevertheless, actual experience points out that the frequency of say a 100-year flood, in lieu of being encountered on the average once in one hundred years, may be as little as once in 25 years. It is therefore appropriate to pause and ask where we are, where we are going and where we ought to be going with regard to the technology of flood frequency and risk analyses. One way to address these ques­ tions is to provide a forum where people from all quarters of the world can assemble, discuss and share their experience and expertise pertaining to flood frequency and risk analyses. This is what con­ stituted the motivation for organizing the International Symposium on Flood Frequency and Risk Analyses held May 14-17, 1986, at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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