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Analysis of Hydrological Sensitivity for Flood Risk Assessment

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2018
In order for the Indian government to maximize Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM), the Brahmaputra River has played an important role in the undertaking of the Pilot Basin Study (PBS) due to the Brahmaputra River’s annual regional flooding.
Sanjay Kumar Sharma, Young-Joo Kwak, Rakesh Kumar, Bibhash Sarma   +3 more
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The value of integrating information from multiple hazards for flood risk analysis and management [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2014
This article presents a methodology for estimating flood risk in urban areas integrating pluvial flooding, river flooding and failure of both small and large dams.
J. T. Castillo-Rodríguez, I. Escuder-Bueno, L. Altarejos-García, A. Serrano-Lombillo   +3 more
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Resilience and adaptation of small and medium-sized enterprises to flood risk [PDF]

, 2012
Purpose – The UK has experienced a number of flood events in recent years, and the intensity and frequency of such events are forecast to further increase in future due to changing climatic conditions.
Ingirige, MJB, Wedawatta, GSD
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Frequency Analysis of Storm-Surge-Induced Flooding for the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2018
Shanghai, as a coastal city, is vulnerable to various types of flooding. The floodwalls along the Huangpu River provide protection against typhoon-induced flooding.
Qian Ke, Sebastiaan N. Jonkman, Pieter H. A. J. M. van Gelder, Jeremy D. Bricker   +3 more
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A Critical Review of Flood Risk Management and the Selection of Suitable Measures

Applied Sciences, 2020
Modern-day flood management has evolved into a variety of flood management alternatives. The selection of appropriate flood measures is crucial under a variety of flood management practices, approaches, and assessment criteria.
Muhammad Atiq Ur Rehman Tariq, Rashid Farooq, Nick van de Giesen   +2 more
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Urban and river flooding: Comparison of flood risk management approaches in the UK and China and an assessment of future knowledge needs [PDF]

, 2019
Increased urbanisation, economic growth, and long-term climate variability have made both the UK and China more susceptible to urban and river flooding, putting people and property at increased risk.
Acreman, Arnell, Bamford, Bates, Booth, Boyd, Chan, Chen, Cheng, Council for Science and Technology, Crichton, Dawson, Dayaratne, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Eshtawi, Faulkner, Fletcher, Grimaldi, Gu, Halbe, Hamdi, He, Hirsch, Hollis, Hong, Horritt, Hubacek, Institute of Hydrology, Jacobson, James, Jiang, Jones, Knight, Lashford, Li, Li, Li, Luo, Marsh, Miao, Miller, Miller, Milly, Nguyen, Office for National Statistics, Office of the State General Headquarters for Flood Control and Drought Relief (OSGHFCDR), Pappenberger, Pregnolato, Prosdocimi, Shi, Soetanto, Song, The Pitt Review, Thorne, United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs/Population Division (UNDESA/PD), Walsh, Wang, Weng, Westra, Wheater, Xu, Zhang, Zheng   +66 more
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Prompt Proxy Mapping of Flood Damaged Rice Fields Using MODIS-Derived Indices

Remote Sensing, 2015
Flood mapping, particularly hazard and risk mapping, is an imperative process and a fundamental part of emergency response and risk management. This paper aims to produce a flood risk proxy map of damaged rice fields over the whole of Bangladesh, where ...
Youngjoo Kwak, Bhuyan Arifuzzanman, Yoichi Iwami   +2 more
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Effect of flood risk management methods on urban flooding: Article review

Teknika, 2021
Banjarmasin is the capital city of South Kalimantan Province and has a low topography, and is traversed by the Barito River. In addition, Banjarmasin City is also a Java Sea route, so it has a high level of vulnerability to sea-level rise.
Oryza Lhara Sari, Rossana Margareth Kadar Yanti, Ardiansyah Fauzi, Angel Maria Patricia Patabang   +3 more
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The climate change double whammy: Flood damage and the determinants of flood insurance coverage, the case of post-Katrina New Orleans [PDF]

, 2020
This paper advances scholarly debate on the contradictions of environmental risk management measures by analyzing the determinants of flood insurance coverage among a sample of 403 residents in New Orleans, a city undergoing rapid transformation due to ...
Cannon, C, Gotham, KF, Lauve-Moon, K, Powers, B   +3 more
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Towards risk-based flood management in highly productive paddy rice cultivation – concept development and application to the Mekong Delta [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2018
Flooding is an imminent natural hazard threatening most river deltas, e.g. the Mekong Delta. An appropriate flood management is thus required for a sustainable development of the often densely populated regions.
N. V. K. Triet, N. V. K. Triet, N. V. Dung, B. Merz, B. Merz, H. Apel   +5 more
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