Gilbert F. White

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Gilbert F. White is affiliated with the following schools: University of Colorado Boulder, University of Chicago, University of Colorado

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Gilbert F. White

Earth Sciences

#80

World Rank

#202

Historical Rank

#36

USA Rank

Geography

#42

World Rank

#93

Historical Rank

#11

USA Rank

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Gilbert F. White's Degrees

PhD Geography University of Chicago
Masters Geography University of Chicago
Bachelors Geography University of Chicago

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According to Wikipedia, Gilbert Fowler White was a prominent American geographer, sometimes termed the "father of floodplain management" and the "leading environmental geographer of the 20th century" . White is known predominantly for his work on natural hazards, particularly flooding, and the importance of sound water management in contemporary society.

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Gilbert F. White's Published Works

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Natural Hazards, Local, National, Global (1976) (385)
Assessment Of Research On Natural Hazards (1975) (356)
Knowing better and losing even more: the use of knowledge in hazards management (2001) (317)
Decision processes, rationality and adjustment to natural hazards (1974) (278)
Man-Made Lakes: Their Problems and Environmental Effects (1973) (190)
Choice of adjustment to floods (1965) (136)
Drawers of water: domestic water use in East Africa. 1972. (1974) (128)
Reflections on the 50-year international search for integrated water management (1998) (122)
The human ecology of extreme geophysical events (1968) (120)
Drawers of water (1972) (102)
A Perspective of River Basin Development (1957) (93)
Strategies Of American Water Management (1969) (93)
The Environmental Effects of the High Dam at Aswan (1988) (88)
The hidden costs of coastal hazards : implications for risk assessment and mitigation (2000) (86)
The Choice of Use in Resource Management (1961) (72)
Big Thompson Flood Exposes Need for Better Flood Reaction System to Save Lives (1978) (55)
The Challenge of the Mississippi Flood (1993) (53)
The World Environment 1972-1982. (1983) (48)
Geography, resources and environment (1986) (47)
Geography And Public Policy1 (1972) (47)
Papers on flood problems (1963) (41)
Environmental Impact Statements (1972) (41)
The Limit of Economic Justification for Flood Protection (1936) (37)
Water for Life: Water Management and Environmental Policy (2003) (36)
Global Change: Geographical Approaches (1993) (33)
A Perspective on Reducing Losses from Natural Hazards (1994) (32)
Down to Earth: Environment and Human Needs (1982) (31)
Notes on Flood Protection and Land-Use Planning (1937) (30)
Geographers in a Perilously Changing World (1985) (28)
Paths to Risk Analysis1,2 (1988) (28)
The Future of Arid Lands (1957) (27)
Environmental Effects of Complex River Development (1977) (27)
Potable Water for All: The Egyptian Experience with Rural Water Supply (1986) (27)
Contributions of Geographical Analysis to River Basin Development (1963) (26)
Drawers of water. Domestic water use in East Africa. Total social costs. (1973) (20)
The Role of the National Flood Insurance Program in Reducing Losses and Promoting Wise Use of Floodplains (1994) (19)
The Mekong River Plan (1963) (17)
Environmental effects of arid land irrigation in developing countries. (1978) (15)
World Environmental Trends Between 1972 and 1982 (1982) (15)
Global change: Geographical approaches (A Review). (1988) (13)
Emerging Issues in Global Environmental Policy (1996) (13)
Water Science and Technology: Some Lessons from the 20th Century (2000) (12)
A Plan for Research on Floods and Their Mitigation in the United States (1983) (11)
Industrial Water Use: A Review (1960) (9)
The River as a System: A Geographer's View of Promising Approaches' (1997) (9)
Nuclear waste`s human dimension (1994) (9)
HARLAN H. BARROWS, 1877–1960 (1961) (9)
Strategic Aspects of Urban Flood-Plain Occupance (1960) (9)
THE FUTURE OF HAZARD RESEARCH: A REPLY TO WILLIAM I. TORRY (1981) (9)
The Lower Mekong : an experiment in international river development (1966) (9)
Natural Hazards and the third world — A reply (1978) (7)
The world environment 1972 -1982 : a report (1982) (7)
Environmental issues : a report to the international council of scientific unions by the scientific committee on problems of the environment (1976) (7)
SCOPE: The First Sixteen Years (1987) (7)
Vietnam: The Fourth Course (1964) (7)
Reflections on Changing Perceptions of the Earth (1994) (6)
Shortage of Public Water Supplies in the United States During 1934 (1935) (6)
FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION POLICIES (1976) (6)
Selected writings of Gilbert F. White (1986) (6)
Behavioral Factors in Selection of Technologies (1978) (6)
Science and the future of arid lands (1960) (6)
THE FUTURE OF THE GREAT PLAINS RE- VISITED (1986) (6)
The Environment as Hazard (1979) (5)
Decision or Procrastination in Floodplain Management (1994) (5)
Critical Analysis of Existing Institutional Arrangements (1995) (5)
The Future of Arid Lands: Papers and Recommendations from the International Arid Lands Meetings (1957) (5)
The Future of Arid Lands. Papers and Recommendations from the International Arid Lands Meetings (1957) (5)
Economic aspects of flood‐forecasting (1939) (5)
Themes From The Work Of Gilbert F. White (1986) (5)
Toward an Appraisal of World Resources: New Views of Conservation Problems (1949) (4)
Environmental Issues: SCOPE Report 10. (1977) (4)
Economic and social aspects of Lower Mekong development; a report by Gilbert F. White [...and others] to the Committee for Co-ordination of Investigations of the Lower Mekong Basin (1962) (4)
INTRODUCTORY GRADUATE WORK FOR GEOGRAPHERS (1958) (4)
Water resources people and issues : Gilbert F. White (1993) (4)
Domestic Water Supply: Right or Good? (2008) (4)
Water, Health and Society: Selected Papers by Abel Wolman (1971) (4)
Water Resource Adequacy: Illusion and Reality (1983) (4)
EDWARD A. ACKERMAN, 1911–1973 (1974) (4)
Water for Life (2003) (3)
On “Geographers and Nuclear War: Why We Lack Influence on Public Policy” (1988) (3)
Carbon monoxide and the people of Denver (1974) (3)
The Global Environment: What can we do? (1993) (3)
Editorial: The Underlying Paltern (1989) (3)
World Trends and Need (1976) (3)
Toward understanding the effects of nuclear war (1985) (3)
River channels and floodplains (2003) (3)
Statement on Global Life-support Systems (1979) (3)
Socioeconomic studies of high-level nuclear waste disposal. (1994) (3)
Geography, Resources and Environment. Vol. 1. Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White. Vol. 2. Themes from the Work of Gilbert F. White (1987) (3)
Cultural Hydrology: A Review@@@Choice of Adjustment to Floods@@@Hazard and Choice Perception in Flood Plain Management@@@Regulating Flood-Plain Development (1966) (3)
Rediscovering the Earth (1967) (2)
Ten years after stockholm. (1982) (2)
Water, health, and society (1969) (2)
International Symposium on Man‐Made Lakes: Knoxville, Tennessee, May 1971 (1972) (2)
State Regulation of Flood-Plain Use (1940) (2)
Vital Links in Environmental Systems (1992) (1)
12 – Economic Growth, Health, and Physical Well-Being 1970–1980 (1984) (1)
A national floodplain map (1985) (1)
Editorial: Fallouts from Chernobyl (1988) (1)
Water supply service for the urban poor : issues (1977) (1)
Editorial: Identifying Research Challenges (1993) (1)
Applications of R&D in the Civil Sector: The Opportunity Provided by the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 (1995) (1)
Environment (1971) (1)
The Wetlands Controversy (1991) (1)
ICSU/SCOPE Review of Environmental Consequences of Nuclear War (1984) (0)
A meeting of minds on global resources. (1984) (0)
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS IN HYDROLOGY (1965) (0)
Water for Life: Groundwater (2003) (0)
The Landscape Connection (1989) (0)
DISCUSSION. PORTLAND CEMENT. (0)
Water for Life: Domestic and industrial water management (2003) (0)
The IGU commission on man and environment (1976) (0)
REPORT OF THE PAST PRESIDENT (1962) (0)
Water for Life: Unfolding recognition of ecosystem change (2003) (0)
Water for Life: Lakes and wetlands (2003) (0)
Water for Life: References (2003) (0)
A Century of Spain and Portugal (1788-1898) (2010) (0)
Defusing Natural Disasters: Introduction (1986) (0)
Appendix: Guide to Internet resources on water and environment (2003) (0)
PROGRESS REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (1961) (0)
Environment. [Positive and negative aspects of anthropogenic alteration] (1980) (0)
Editorial: Nepa at Twenty and Beyond (1989) (0)
Interdisciplinary Studies of Large Reservoirs in Africa (1973) (0)
Editorial: When Will Western Resource Use be Sustainable? (1990) (0)
Proposed World Water Council (1995) (0)
A Joint Effort to Improve High School Geography (1961) (0)
Editorial: The New Cities at Threat (1986) (0)
Challenge and opportunity (2003) (0)
DISCUSSION. FURTHER EXPERIMENTS ON THE STRENGTH OF PORTLAND CEMENT. (0)
Crisis and Common Sense (1990) (0)
Contributions of Geographical Analysis to River Basin Development: Discussion (1963) (0)
Summary of Symposium and Recommendations (2013) (0)
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF WIND STORMS (1980) (0)
Appraising the Results of Our Work (2000) (0)
New Developments in the Study of Floodplains and Domestic Water Supply (2003) (0)
Reservoir Systems - A Socioeconomic Perspective (1981) (0)
CORRESPONDENCE. WOOD PAVEMENT. (0)
Strategies of American Water Management@@@Technology in American Water Development@@@Water Supply, Economics, Technology and Policy@@@Multiple Purpose River Development@@@Muddy Water; The Army Engineers and the Nation's Rivers@@@Efficiency in Government Through Systems Analysis (1970) (0)
International cooperation among geographers: The IGU commission on man and environment (1972) (0)
Water and Life (2003) (0)
Water for Life: Plant–soil–water–ecosystem relationships (2003) (0)
A Perspective of Environmental Pollution, by M. W. Holdgate. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge–London–New York–Melbourne: x + 278 pp., illustr., 23 × 15 × 1.5 cm, £5.00, 1979. (1981) (0)
Conversions of selected units of hydrologic measurement (2003) (0)
What is Happening to the Chinese Environment (1985) (0)
Editorial: The Ozone Hole and Knowledge Gaps (1987) (0)
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (1965) (0)
Reorganization of Federal Agencies for Natural Resources Development (1950) (0)
Notes on Flood Protection and Land-Use Planning: Concluding Discussion (1938) (0)
The Changing Dimensions of the World Community (1960) (0)
Water for Life: Natural waters (2003) (0)
Water for Life: Impounded rivers and reservoirs (2003) (0)
Sixth General Assembly of the International Council of Scientific Unions' Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), held in Washington, DC, USA, during 9–13 September 1985 (1986) (0)
Social Choice in Dealing with Hurricanes (2013) (0)
The future of arid lands : papers and recommendations from the International Arid Lands Meetings / edited by Gilbert F. White. (1956) (0)
Water for Life: Integrative approaches (2003) (0)

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