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Major floods are the most chronic and costly natural hazards in many countries. Despite new developments in flood related sciences and rigorous implementation of hazard-reduction policies, damages from flood disasters still continue to escalate. Losses resulting from floods extend far beyond economic hardship. Consequently, growing international attention focuses on innovative flood research and on integrated flood risk management. The contributors to this volume, international experts in current flood research, were invited to speak at the 2006 Kovacs Colloquium, a biannual event organized by the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO and IAHS. This book presents their papers and new information and insights into key issues of flood research. Scientific understanding of the flood phenomenon and of its potential impacts from the perspective of the engineering, operational, economic, social and ecological aspects of flood research, and with a focus on integrated flood risk management, is provided

Contents for Frontiers in Flood Research

Title	Pages	File
Frontiers in Flood Research VIIIth Kovacs Colloquium Paris / Le point de la recherche sur les crues VIIe Colloque I. Tchiguirinskaia, Khin Ni Ni Thein, P. Hubert Editors
Preface of Volume 305 Ioulia Tchiguirinskaia, Khin Ni Ni Thein & Pierre Hubert	iii-x
Trends in river floods: why is there no clear signal in observations? - Cecilia Svensson et al. Cecilia Svensson, Jamie Hannaford, Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz & Terry J. Marsh	1-18
Geomorphic flood research - Andrea Rinaldo Andrea Rinaldo	19-41
Recharge des aquiferes par les crues d'oueds - Mustapha Besbes Mustapha Besbes	43-72
Engineering and technical aspects of managing floods: hazard reduction, operational management and post-event recovery - Roland K. Price Roland K. Price	73-91
Hydrological monitoring and flood management in China - Jianyun Zhang & Zhiyu Liu Jianyun Zhang & Zhiyu Liu	93-101
Issues in flood forecasting: ungauged basins, extreme floods and uncertainty - Robert J. Moore et al. Robert J. Moore, Steven J. Cole, Victoria A. Bell & David A. Jones	103-122
Inondations urbaines en Amerique Latine - Juan Carlos Bertoni Juan Carlos Bertoni	123-141
Flood pulses and river ecosystem robustness - M. Zalewski M. Zalewski	143-154
Flood research from the social perspective: the case of the Tisza River in Hungary - Anna Vari & Zoltan Ferencz Anna Vari & Zoltan Ferencz	155-172
Cout des inondations et financement des dommages - Roland Nussbaum Roland Nussbaum	173-186
The complexity of integrated flood management: Decision Support Systems - Mariele Evers Mariele Evers	187-196
ICHARM calls for an alliance for localism to manage the risk of water-related disasters - Kuniyoshi Takeuchi Kuniyoshi Takeuchi	197-207
Katrina: what went wrong and how to fix it - Eugene Z. Stakhiv Eugene Z. Stakhiv	209-210