The concepts of risk, reliability and return period are fundamental elements to the analysis of extreme hydrological events for the fields of water resource systems planning, and management as well as for flood and drought risk assessment and mitigation. This chapter reviews the main criteria for selecting the level of infrastructure protection and for defining hydrologic design variables within a risk-based framework, considering both univariate and multivariate design conditions. Approaches to hydrologic design under both stationary and nonstationary conditions are summarized.

Chapter 78 - Risk, Reliability and Return Periods and Hydrologic Design

CASTELLARIN, ATTILIO
2017

Abstract

The concepts of risk, reliability and return period are fundamental elements to the analysis of extreme hydrological events for the fields of water resource systems planning, and management as well as for flood and drought risk assessment and mitigation. This chapter reviews the main criteria for selecting the level of infrastructure protection and for defining hydrologic design variables within a risk-based framework, considering both univariate and multivariate design conditions. Approaches to hydrologic design under both stationary and nonstationary conditions are summarized.
2017
Handbook of Applied Hydrology - Second Edition
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Vogel, Richard M.; Castellarin, Attilio
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