Flood damages are increasing as a result of frequent occurrence of large floods in many parts of the world, existing and continuing encroachment of development onto flood plains and aging flood protection structures. Under such circumstances, there is an ongoing search for better ways of protecting human life, land, property and the environment by improved flood management. Many flood management measures have been practiced in various jurisdictions, including living with floods, non-structural measures (e.g., regulations, flood defence by flood forecasting and warning, evacuations, and flood insurance), and structural measures (e.g., land drainage modifications, reservoirs, dykes and polders). Such flood management is difficult in river basins controlled by a single authority, and becomes even more challenging when dealing with transboundary floods, which may originate in one country or jurisdiction and then propagate downstream to another country, or jurisdiction. Under such circumstances, the demands on communications, information and data sharing, compatibility of forecasting methodologies, and close collaboration in all aspects of flood management are particularly strong and important. These issues are addressed in the edited proceedings of this NATO Advanced Research Workshop.

Broad coverage of flood management issues including collection of flood data, flood forecasting, modelling, non-structural and structural flood protection measures, and public education Practically oriented papers reflecting extensive experience of authors Applications of modern technology, including remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems, in flood management

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COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION OF DATA USED IN FLOOD MANAGEMENT.- MODIS-BASED FLOOD DETECTION, MAPPING AND MEASUREMENT: THE POTENTIAL FOR OPERATIONAL HYDROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS.- EXPERIENCE WITH DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS DURING EXTREME FLOOD EVENTS.- DEVELOPMENT OF THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL TELEMETRY SYSTEM IN THE KÖRÖS RIVER BASIN.- EXPERIENCE FROM OPERATION OF THE JOINT HUNGARIAN-UKRAINIAN HYDROLOGICAL TELEMETRY SYSTEM OF THE UPPER TISZA.- LAND USE MAP FROM ASTER IMAGES AND WATER MASK ON MODIS IMAGES.- FLOOD FORECASTING AND MODELLING.- APPLICATION OF METEOROLOGICAL ENSEMBLES FOR DANUBE FLOOD FORECASTING AND WARNING.- COUPLING THE HYDROLOGIC MODEL CONSUL AND THE METEOROLOGICAL MODEL HRM IN THE CRISUL ALB AND CRISUL NEGRU RIVER BASINS.- ROUTING OF NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTIONS THROUGH A RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODEL.- THEORETICAL GROUND OF NORMATIVE BASE FOR CALCULATION OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAXIMUM RUNOFF AND ITS PRACTICAL REALISATION.- SCENARIOS OF FLOOD REGIME CHANGES DUE TO LAND USE CHANGE IN THE HRON RIVER BASIN.- BUNDLED SOFTWARE FOR LONG-TERM TERRITORIAL FORECASTS OF SPRING FLOODS.- A STOCHASTIC APPROACH TO FLOOD WAVE PROPAGATION ON THE CRISUL ALB RIVER.- SIMULATION OF FLOODING DUE TO THE CRISUL ALB DYKE FAILURE DURING THE APRIL 2000 FLOOD.- MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF FLASH FLOODS IN NATURAL AND URBAN AREAS.- FLOOD MODELLING CONCEPT AND REALITY - AUGUST 2002 FLOOD IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC.- SIMULATION OF THE SUPERIMPOSITION OF FLOODS IN THE UPPER TISZA REGION.- HARMONISING QUALITY ASSURANCE IN MODEL-BASED STUDIES OF CATCHMENT AND RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT.- FLOOD MANAGEMENT.- RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF A FRAMEWORK FOR FLOOD MANAGEMENT.- OVERVIEW OF THE NATO SCIENCE FOR PEACE PROJECT ON MANAGEMENT OF TRANSBOUNDARY FLOODS IN THE CRISUL-KÖRÖSRIVER SYSTEM.- COPING WITH UNCERTAINTIES IN FLOOD MANAGEMENT.- TRANSBOUNDARY FLOODS IN AZERBAIJAN.- FLOOD DEFENCE BY MEANS OF COMPLEX STRUCTURAL MEASURES.- DYKE FAILURES IN HUNGARY OF THE PAST 220 YEARS.- RESERVOIR ON THE BARCAU RIVER FLOWS NEAR EFFECT OF THE SALARD TEMPORARY STORAGE THE ROMANIA-HUNGARY BORDER.- FLOOD CONTROL MANAGEMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO EMERGENCY RESERVOIRS.- STRUCTURAL FLOOD CONTROL MEASURES IN THE CRISUL REPEDE BASIN AND THEIR EFFECTS IN ROMANIA AND HUNGARY.- CONTRIBUTION OF EARTH OBSERVATION DATA SUPPLIED BY THE NEW SATELLITE SENSORS TO FLOOD MANAGEMENT.- ON-LINE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR TRANSBOUNDARY FLOOD MANAGEMENT: DESIGN AND FUNCTIONALITY.- TERRITORIAL FLOOD DEFENSE: A ROMANIAN PERSPECTIVE.