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Multi-Objective Optimization for Urban Drainage Rehabilitation: UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis book cover

1st Edition

Multi-Objective Optimization for Urban Drainage Rehabilitation UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

By Wilmer Jose Barreto Cordero Copyright 2012
250 Pages
by CRC Press

250 Pages
by CRC Press

Flooding in urbanized areas has become a very important issue around the world. The level of service (or performance) of urban drainage systems (UDS) degrades in time for a number of reasons. In order to maintain an acceptable performance of UDS, early rehabilitation plans must be developed and implemented. In developing countries the situation is serious, little investment is done and there are... Read more
Introduction; Urban Drainage Rehabilitation; A Multi-tier Framework for Urban Drainage Rehabilitation; Multi-Objective Optimization; Multi-Objective Optimization in UDS Rehabilitation; Parallel Computing in Optimization of Large-Scale Systems; Framework Application in Delevoping Cities; Conclusion and Recommendations.

Biography

Wilmer Barreto received his degree of civil engineering from the University "Lisandro Alvarado" in Barquisimeto, Venezuela in 1992. He worked as assistant engineer at the Interamerican Center for Land and Water Development (CIDIAT – Merida Venezuela) in the period 1992-1993. He joined the University "Lisandro Alvarado" as a lecturer in Fluid Mechanics, Hydrology and Software Development (199present). In October 1999 he moved to Delft, the Netherlands, joining the Hydroinformatics Master program at the IHE institute where he was awarded Master of Science in May 2001. In July of 2005 he started working on his PhD (2012) on Multiobjective Optimization for Urban Drainage Problems. He has participated in several national and international projects in the area of water resources and planning.

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