Dams and safety managment at downstream valleys : proceedings of the International NATO workshop on dams and safety management at downstream valleys, Lisbon, Portugal, 13-15 November 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Dams and valleys safety: a present and future challenge -- Dams and safety management at downstream valleys -- The use of performance parameters in monitoring the safety of dams -- Dams and flood risks -- Optimization of available resources for dam safety -- On risk perception and cost negotiation for downstream valleys -- Dam-break studies in Italy -- Potential downstream risk assessment in Spanish dam safety legislation -- Risk versus standard based approaches to dam safety: the consequences for community involvement in decision making and safety management in the Australian context -- Dam failure versus flood risk perception -- Social sciences involvement in dams and safety management of downstream valleys: a first approach to Arade and Funcho's dam break flood risk perception -- Positive illusions related to dam risks -- Land use management and dam break flood risk: the Arade River case study -- Detection and assessment of dambreak-scenarios -- One and two-dimensional modelling of a dam-break flood propagation on a complex natural valley: a case study -- GIS-based floodplain management in urban developing areas -- Creating a land use management decision support system for areas subject to dam break flood risk -- A GIS for dam and valley safety management -- A database for dam safety management -- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission dam safety program: a cooperative approach for safety -- Below the spillway: ensuring effective warnings in a crisis -- A new focus on emergency planning for dam safety -- Canadian perspective on dam safety and emergency preparedness planning -- Emergency response plans in France 'DAMS' -- Safety plan for the Zambezi Valley beyond Kariba Dam -- Portugese civil protection system