Disaster Risk Reduction Funding: Investment Cycle for Flood Protection in Japan. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Background: Investment in disaster risk reduction is crucial in order to mitigate disaster damage. However, for many countries, particularly developing ones, financing investment in disaster risk reduction is challenging.
Ishiwatari M, Sasaki D.
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Flood Modelling and Risk Analysis of Cinan Feizuo Flood Protection Area, Huaihe River Basin
Atmosphere, 2023 This study evaluated multiple aspects of flood risks and effects on the Cinan Feizuo flood protection area in the Huaihe River basin. Flooding remains a leading problem for infrastructure, especially in urban, residential areas of the region.
Umar Farooq +6 more
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The Global Flood Protection Benefits of Mangroves. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 Coastal flood risks are rising rapidly. We provide high resolution estimates of the economic value of mangroves forests for flood risk reduction every 20 km worldwide.
Menéndez P +4 more
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The interplay between structural flood protection, population density, and flood mortality along the Jamuna River, Bangladesh. [PDF]
Reg Environ Change, 2020 Levees protect floodplain areas from frequent flooding, but they can paradoxically contribute to more severe flood losses. The construction or reinforcement of levees can attract more assets and people in flood-prone area, thereby increasing the ...
Ferdous MR +3 more
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The global flood protection savings provided by coral reefs. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2018 Coral reefs can provide significant coastal protection benefits to people and property. Here we show that the annual expected damages from flooding would double, and costs from frequent storms would triple without reefs.
Beck MW +6 more
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Effect of climate change and urbanisation on flood protection decision‐making
Journal of Flood Risk Management, 2021 The changing climate and the rapid urbanisation may alter flood severity and influence the decision‐making process for flood management. In this study, a Multi‐Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) framework for optimal decision‐making in flood protection is
Velautham Daksiya +2 more
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Nighttime light data reveal how flood protection shapes human proximity to rivers. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2018 Catastrophic flood events can trigger human resettlement away from rivers. To understand the spatiotemporal changes of flood risk, we need to determine the way in which humans adapt and respond to flood events.
Mård J, Di Baldassarre G, Mazzoleni M.
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Water Science and Engineering, 2023 Nature-based coastal protection is increasingly recognised as a potentially sustainable and cost-effective solution to reduce coastal flood risk. It uses coastal ecosystems such as mangrove forests to create resilient designs for coastal flood protection.
Rosanna van Hespen +12 more
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FLOPROS: an evolving global database of flood protection standards [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2016 With projected changes in climate, population and socioeconomic activity located in flood-prone areas, the global assessment of flood risk is essential to inform climate change policy and disaster risk management.
P. Scussolini +6 more
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Hess Opinions: An interdisciplinary research agenda to explore the unintended consequences of structural flood protection [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2018 One common approach to cope with floods is the implementation of structural flood protection measures, such as levees or flood-control reservoirs, which substantially reduce the probability of flooding at the time of implementation.
G. Di Baldassarre +23 more
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