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 are going on to escalate. Losses resulting from floods extend far beyond economic hardship. Consequently, growing international attention focuses on innovativegoing ahead flood research and on integrated flood risk management.

This book provides new first knowledge information and insights into key issues of presentnowa days flood research. Scientific understanding of the flood phenomenon and of its potential impacts fromin the perspective of the engineering, operational, economic, social and ecological aspects of flood research, and with a focus on integrated flood risk management, is proposed.