rainfall-runoff processes in tropical urban environments ali meshgi national university of singapore

209 Pages·2015·9.94 MB·English

by  Ali Meshgi

RAINFALL-RUNOFF PROCESSES IN TROPICAL URBAN
ENVIRONMENTS

ALI MESHGI

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
2015

RAINFALL-RUNOFF PROCESSES IN TROPICAL URBAN
ENVIRONMENTS

ALI MESHGI
(MSc, Shiraz University)

A THESIS SUBMITTED
FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
2015
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DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this thesis is my original work and it has been written by me its
entirety.
I have duly acknowledged all the sources of information which have been used in the
thesis.
This thesis has also not been submitted for any degree in any university previously.

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ALI MESHGI
15 January 2015

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TThis thesis is dedicated to my lovely wife
Shila who has supported me by all
means during my PhD study.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to express my gratitude to all those who have helped me to
complete my PhD studies at NUS. I am deeply grateful to my supervisors,
Assoc. Prof Vladan Babovic from Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, National University of Singapore and Assist. Prof May Chui
from Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, whose
knowledge, experience, encouragement, support, and suggestions helped me
throughout the course of my graduate studies. I also would like to express my
gratitude to Dr. Petra Schmitter, whose constant guidance, support, and
suggestions during my PhD study were significantly helpful. I also wish to
thank Singapore Delft Water Alliance (SDWA) for giving me the scholarship
and financial support for my PhD study.
I also would like to express my sincere thanks to Dr. Abhay Anand for his
warm supports throughout the duration of my research. I also would like to
thank Ms. Noor Azizah Bte Aziz and Mr. Bergenwall Bjorn Allan Joakim for
their assistance in field study and laboratory testing.
I would like to thank my PhD colleagues, Abhay, Alam, Albert, Jayashree,
Kalyan, Nishtha and Serene for their kind supports. I also thank all of my
colleagues in SDWA and NUSDeltares Sally, Joost, SK, Jingjie, Jair, Aurelie,
Gerard, Umid, Sheela, Desmond, Wang Xuan, Stephane, Ivy, Saedah and
many others for their warm supports and kind encouragement.
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Lastly, I also gratefully thank my lovely wife, parents, sister and my son
for their love, warm supports and constant encouragement.

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