Evolution of floods: From ancient times to the present times (ca 7600 BC to the present) and the future

AN Angelakis, AG Capodaglio, M Valipour… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Floods are one of the most dangerous natural disasters, causing great destruction, damage,
and even fatalities worldwide. Flooding is the phenomenon of a sudden increase or even …

History of floods in Greece: Causes and measures for protection

AN Angelakis, G Antoniou, K Voudouris, N Kazakis… - Natural Hazards, 2020 - Springer
Floods as diachronic and international phenomena affect numerous people, buildings and
infrastructure. Throughout human history, floods are the most lethal and have caused more …

Comparative evaluation of 1D and quasi-2D hydraulic models based on benchmark and real-world applications for uncertainty assessment in flood mapping

P Dimitriadis, A Tegos, A Oikonomou, V Pagana… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
One-dimensional and quasi-two-dimensional hydraulic freeware models (HEC-RAS,
LISFLOOD-FP and FLO-2d) are widely used for flood inundation mapping. These models …

Forensic hydrology: A complete reconstruction of an extreme flood event in data-scarce area

A Tegos, A Ziogas, V Bellos, A Tzimas - Hydrology, 2022 - mdpi.com
On 18 September 2020, the Karditsa prefecture of Thessaly region (Greece) experienced a
catastrophic flood as a consequence of the IANOS hurricane. This intense phenomenon was …

Climate change affecting forest fire and flood risk—Facts, predictions, and perceptions in central and south Greece

D Angra, K Sapountzaki - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Global Climate change (CC) is featured by long-term changes in the mean values of climatic
parameters (predominantly mean temperature) and in the profile of extreme weather events …

[图书][B] Changes in flood risk in Europe

ZW Kundzewicz - 2019 - books.google.com
Changes in flood risk in Europe Page 1 CRC CRC Taylor & Francis Press IAHS AISH Group A
BALKEMA BOOK Changes in Flood Risk in Europe Edited by ZW Kundzewicz Page 2 Changes …

Regional ombrian curves: Design rainfall estimation for a spatially diverse rainfall regime

T Iliopoulou, N Malamos, D Koutsoyiannis - Hydrology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ombrian curves, ie, curves linking rainfall intensity to return period and time scale, are well-
established engineering tools crucial to the design against stormwaters and floods. Though …

From mythology to science: the development of scientific hydrological concepts in Greek antiquity and its relevance to modern hydrology

D Koutsoyiannis, N Mamassis - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2021 - hess.copernicus.org
Whilst hydrology is a Greek term, it was not in use in the Classical literature, but much later,
during the Renaissance, in its Latin form, hydrologia. On the other hand, Greek natural …

Atmospheric circulation types and floods' occurrence; A thorough analysis over Greece

K Tolika, C Skoulikaris - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Floods have a direct impact on the society and the environment, causing human losses,
affecting individual incomes and national economic activity including infrastructure …

Global estimation of long-term persistence in annual river runoff

Y Markonis, Y Moustakis, C Nasika, P Sychova… - Advances in Water …, 2018 - Elsevier
Long-term persistence (LTP) of annual river runoff is a topic of ongoing hydrological
research, due to its implications to water resources management. Here, we estimate its …