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Every year the Swiss Commission for Flood Protection (KOHS) of the Swiss Association for Water Management (SWV) organizes a symposium where professionals, officers of public administrations, and researchers exchange their experiences on special topics and key projects in river engineering and restoration. In 2014, this symposium was organized as a

Table of Contents:
Preface; Organization; Invited papers: Swiss strategy for integrated risk management: Approaches to flood protection and river restoration; Revitalization of rivers in Switzerland—a historical review; Swiss contribution to bed load transport theories; Freeboard analysis in river engineering and flood mapping—new recommendations; Alpine Rhine Project (Section River Ill—Lake Constance); Flood protection along the Alpine Rhone river: Overall strategy and 3rd correction project; Flood control and revitalisation along the Aare river between Thun and Berne—experiences with recreational use and other conflicts of interest; Flood characteristics and flood protection concepts in the Reuss catchment basin; Innovative measures for management of bed load sediment transport: Case studies from alpine rivers in western Switzerland; Integrated flood forecasting and management system in a complex catchment area in the Alps—implementation of the MINERVE project in the Canton of Valais; Flood protection and river restoration in the urban catchment basin of Cassarate river: An opportunity to restore public areas along an urban watercourse running through the city of Lugano; Intervention and management of floods in mountain rivers and torrents in the Bernese Oberland; Conference papers: Driftwood retention in pre-alpine rivers; Design of a bed load and driftwood filtering dam, analysis of the phenomena and hydraulic design; Design of a diversion structure for the management of residual risks using physical model tests; From vision to realisation—opportunities and challenges in restoring the river Bünz; Physical modeling of the third stage of Aire River revitalisation project; Restoration of the Broye delta into the Lake of Morat (Salavaux, Switzerland); Hydropeaking and fish migration—consequences and possible mitigation measures at the Schiffenen Dam; Flow restoration in Alpine streams affected by hydropower operations—a case study for a compensation basin; Morphodynamic changes in a natural river confluence due to a hydropower modified flow regime

About the Author :
Anton J. Schleiss École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. Jürg Speerli Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil (HSR), Switzerland .Roger Pfammatter Schweizerischer Wasserwirtschaftsverband (SWV)/Association Suisse pour l’aménagement des eaux (ASAE), Switzerland.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781040188514
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1040188516
  • Publisher Date: 12 Aug 2014
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)


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