Advances In Urban Stormwater And Agricultural Runoff Source Controls: Nato Science Series Iv. Earth And Environmental Sciences-vol. 6

Notwithstanding past achievements, flood damage continues to rise throughout the world as the magnitudes of floods increase, partly as a result of poor land management and partly by climate change, growing populations and continuing development in flood-prone areas, and the aging and deterioration of flood defences. One of the major goals of water management is the protection of society from floods. That issue is addressed here in terms of such broad issues as flood analysis, flood impact, non-structural and structural flood management measures. Non-structural measures focus on flood plain management, flood insurance, flood forecasting and warning, and emergency measures during floods. Structural measures focus on catchment management, embankments and flood reservoirs. Post-flood measures are also discussed. Future planning of flood management should be based on a clear understanding of the effectiveness interventions and their impacts on river catchment ecosystems. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Review of Stormwater Source Controls in Urban Drainage....Pages 1-15 Review of Stormwater Source Controls in Agricultural Catchments....Pages 17-26 Objectives of Stormwater Management — A General Comparison of Different Measures....Pages 27-37 Balancing Flood Control and Ecological Preservation/Restoration of Urban Watersheds....Pages 39-56 Strategies for Management of Polluted Stormwater from an Urban Highway in Göteborg, Sweden....Pages 57-67 Risk Assessment of Stormwater Contaminants Following Discharge to Soil, Groundwater or Surface Water....Pages 69-80 Case Studies of Local Strategies for Control of Non-Point Source Pollution in Colorado (USA)....Pages 81-93 GIS-Supported Stormwater Source Control Implementation and Urban Flood Risk Mitigation....Pages 95-105 Protocols and Methods for Evaluating the Performance of Stormwater Source Controls....Pages 107-117 Variability of Rainwater Infiltration Through Different Urban Surfaces: From waterproof top layers to reservoir structures ....Pages 119-130 Field-Investigations of Pollutants in Stormwater Runoff, Seepage Water and Topsoil of Stormwater Infiltration Sites....Pages 131-140 Considerations for the First Application of Source Control Measures for Stormwater Runoff in the Athens Metropolitan Area....Pages 141-146 The Use of Continuous Long Term Simulations for the Design and Impact Assessment of Source Control Measures....Pages 147-157 The Role of Stormwater Source Control in the Conversion of the National Hospital of Norway into an Ecological Residential Complex....Pages 159-168 Copper Removal in Infiltration Facilities for Stormwater Runoff....Pages 169-180 Evaluation of Impacts of Control Measures, Applied in the Source Catchments, by Mathematical Models....Pages 181-194 Source Identification Concept Within a Framework of Urban Drainage Master Plans....Pages 195-207 The Role of a System ‘hydrological Memory’ in Source Control Strategy Evaluation in Urban Areas....Pages 209-220 Application of 3D Complex Modelling in Simulation of Extreme Discharges in Urban Areas....Pages 221-231 Flood and Source Control Studies in Slovakia....Pages 233-244 Genetic Algorithm Techniques for Stormwater Runoff Source Control Planning and Design....Pages 245-254 Developments in Agriculture and the Loss of Natural Stormwater Runoff Control in Central Europe....Pages 255-266 Influences of Land Use and Land Cover Conditions on Flood Generation: A Simulation Study....Pages 267-278 Source Control Measures for Stormwater Runoff in Urban Areas....Pages 279-285 Conservation Tillage — A New Strategy in Flood Control....Pages 287-293 Stormwater Source Control and Public Acceptance....Pages 295-303 A United Kingdom Perspective on Institutional Constraints Limiting Advances in Stormwater Management....Pages 305-314 Back Matter....Pages 315-319 Discharges of urban stormwater into receiving waters may cause a variety of impacts leading to flooding, geomorphological changes, pollution, ecosystem degradation and impairment of beneficial water uses [1, 2].