Springer, 2007. — 496 p. — ISBN 978-1-4020-5741-0. — (NATO Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences – Vol. 78).
This book addresses the development of advanced methods for the prediction, the estimation of occurrence probabilities and the risk related to extreme hydrological events. It also discusses the reduction of the vulnerability of social, economic, and engineering systems to extreme hydrologic events and the decrease of their effects on such systems.