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Space-time evolution of urban flood resilience and its scenario simulation research: A case study of Zhejiang Province, China [PDF]

Heliyon
Recent years have seen a surge in global flood disasters, underlining the imperative for urban areas to enhance flood resilience. To quantitatively evaluate the capacity of urban areas to manage flood disasters and model the evolving trend of urban flood
Feifeng Cao, Hao Xu, Guixia Huang, Conglin Zhang   +3 more
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Green infrastructure site prioritization to improve urban flood resilience in Monterrey and Brussels using a decision support model [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Green infrastructure (GI) has been increasingly associated with urban flood resilience as it provides benefits in protecting communities from flood dangers and improving socio-economic capabilities. In order to optimize the GI advantages, it is necessary
Mina Khodadad, Mohsen Sanei, Ismael Aguilar-Barajas, Leopoldo Eduardo Cárdenas-Barrón, Aldo Iván Ramírez-Orozco, Agatino Rizzo, Ahmed Z. Khan   +6 more
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Improving urban flood resilience via GDELT GKG analyses in China's Sponge Cities [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2022
Urban floods are the most severe disaster in most Chinese cities due to rapid urbanisation and climate challenges. Recently, media data analytics has become prominent in enhancing urban flood resilience. In this study, news media data from the GKG of the
Xiaohui Lu, Faith Ka Shun Chan, Nan Li, Chuke Chen, Wei-Qiang Chen, Hing Kai Chan   +5 more
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Application scenarios and corresponding technical strategies of urban flood modeling

Shui kexue jinzhan, 2022
Urban flood modeling is a hot research topic in urban flood control and disaster mitigation around the world. Existing reviews on urban flood modeling are usually based on flooding process or calculation algorithms, but lacking a demand-oriented ...
Hongping ZHANG, Min LI, Ruimin HE, Wenbin ZANG, Shu LIU, Chunhong HU   +5 more
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Urban flooding resilience evaluation with coupled rainfall and flooding models: a small area in Kunming City, China as an example

Water Science and Technology, 2023
Climate change and increasing urbanization have contributed greatly to urban flooding, making it a global problem. The resilient city approach provides new ideas for urban flood prevention research, and currently, enhancing urban flood resilience is an ...
Tong Xu, Zhiqiang Xie, Fengshan Jiang, Shouquan Yang, Zhanting Deng, Lei Zhao, Guang Wen, Qingyun Du   +7 more
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Integrated Flood Forecasting and Warning System against Flash Rainfall in the Small-Scaled Urban Stream

Atmosphere, 2020
The flood forecasting and warning system enable an advanced warning of flash floods and inundation depths for disseminating alarms in urban areas. Therefore, in this study, we developed an integrated flood forecasting and warning system combined inland ...
Jung Hwan Lee, Gi Moon Yuk, Hyeon Tae Moon, Young-Il Moon   +3 more
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Impact of hydraulic model resolution and loss of life model modification on flood fatality risk estimation: Case study of the Bommelerwaard, The Netherlands

Journal of Flood Risk Management, 2021
Flood simulations are important for flood (fatality) risk assessment. This article provides insight into the sensitivity of flood fatality risks to the model resolution of flood simulations and to several uncertain parameters in the loss of life model ...
Anneroos R. Brussee, Jeremy D. Bricker, Karin M. De Bruijn, Govert F. Verhoeven, Hessel C. Winsemius, Sebastiaan N. Jonkman   +5 more
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Statistical Prediction of Typhoon-Induced Rainfall over China Using Historical Rainfall, Tracks, and Intensity of Typhoon in the Western North Pacific

Remote Sensing, 2020
Typhoons or mature tropical cyclones (TCs) can affect inland areas of up to hundreds of kilometers with heavy rains and strong winds, along with landslides causing numerous casualties and property damage due to concentrated precipitation over short time ...
Jong-Suk Kim, Anxiang Chen, Junghwan Lee, Il-Ju Moon, Young-Il Moon   +4 more
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Review of the status of urban flood monitoring and forecasting in TC region

Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 2022
With the impacts of rapid urbanization and climate change, the urban flood has increasingly become a major hazard risk faced by human being in recent decades.
Jinping Liu, Hyo-Seob Cho, Sazali Osman, Hyeon-Gyo Jeong, Kwonmin Lee   +4 more
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Drivers of future urban flood risk [PDF]

Philosophical Transactions Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences, 2020
Colin Thorne, Emily O’Donnell
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