More than 800,000 dams and thousands of kilometers of dikes have been constructed around the world. These structures are often designed based on a statistical a

This book integrates the physical processes of dam breaching and the mathematical aspects of risk assessment in a concise manner • The first book that introdu

Flooding accounts for one-third of natural disasters worldwide and for over half the deaths which occur as a result of natural disasters. As the frequency and v

This proceedings book gathers contributions presented at the First International Conference on Embankment Dams (1st ICED, Beijing, 5–7 June 2020), which was t

This book highlights the likely impacts of climate change in terms of global and national water securities, how different countries are attempting to address th