Swiss Competences in River Engineering and Restoration (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Schleiss, Anton J.; Pfammatter, Roger; Speerli, Jörg

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book contains contributions on the latest trends and key-projects in river engineering, flood protection and river restoration in Switzerland, and is invaluable to river engineers and researchers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040188514
• Artikelnr.: 72524588

Autorenporträt

Anton J. Schleiss École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. Jürg Speerli Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil (HSR), Switzerland .Roger Pfammatter Schweizerischer Wasserwirtschaftsverband (SWV)/Association Suisse pour l'aménagement des eaux (ASAE), Switzerland.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Organization; Invited papers: Swiss strategy for integrated risk
management: Approaches to flood protection and river restoration;
Revitalization of rivers in Switzerland-a historical review; Swiss
contribution to bed load transport theories; Freeboard analysis in river
engineering and flood mapping-new recommendations; Alpine Rhine Project
(Section River Ill-Lake Constance); Flood protection along the Alpine Rhone
river: Overall strategy and 3rd correction project; Flood control and
revitalisation along the Aare river between Thun and Berne-experiences with
recreational use and other conflicts of interest; Flood characteristics and
flood protection concepts in the Reuss catchment basin; Innovative measures
for management of bed load sediment transport: Case studies from alpine
rivers in western Switzerland; Integrated flood forecasting and management
system in a complex catchment area in the Alps-implementation of the
MINERVE project in the Canton of Valais; Flood protection and river
restoration in the urban catchment basin of Cassarate river: An opportunity
to restore public areas along an urban watercourse running through the city
of Lugano; Intervention and management of floods in mountain rivers and
torrents in the Bernese Oberland; Conference papers: Driftwood retention in
pre-alpine rivers; Design of a bed load and driftwood filtering dam,
analysis of the phenomena and hydraulic design; Design of a diversion
structure for the management of residual risks using physical model
tests; From vision to realisation-opportunities and challenges in restoring
the river Bünz; Physical modeling of the third stage of Aire River
revitalisation project; Restoration of the Broye delta into the Lake of
Morat (Salavaux, Switzerland); Hydropeaking and fish migration-consequences
and possible mitigation measures at the Schiffenen Dam; Flow restoration in
Alpine streams affected by hydropower operations-a case study for a
compensation basin; Morphodynamic changes in a natural river confluence due
to a hydropower modified flow regime