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Jing Ran and Zorica Nedovic-Budic
Accessible geospatial data are crucial for informed decision making and policy development in urban planning, environmental governance, and hazard mitigation. Spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) have been implemented to facilitate such data access. Howev...
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Song Xue, Jingyan Chen, Sheng Li and Huaai Huang
Early warning of safety risks downstream of small reservoirs is directly related to the safety of people?s lives and property and the economic and social development of the region. The lack of data and low collaboration in downstream safety management of...
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Esther Sánchez-Almodóvar, Jorge Olcina-Cantos, Javier Martí-Talavera, Antonio Prieto-Cerdán and Ascensión Padilla-Blanco
One of the principal challenges for cities on the Mediterranean coast is the management of urban runoff after episodes of intense rainfall. This problem is aggravated by the effects of climate change, with the increase in the frequency and intensity of e...
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Syed Muzzamil Hussain Shah, Mohamed A. Yassin, Sani I. Abba, Dahiru U. Lawal, Ebrahim Hamid Hussein Al-Qadami, Fang Yenn Teo, Zahiraniza Mustaffa and Isam H. Aljundi
Natural hazard threats have grown as a result of climate change, fast demographic development, and major urbanization. Devastating floods have occurred in several areas of the world recently, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is located in a r...
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Vijendra Kumar, Kul Vaibhav Sharma, Tommaso Caloiero, Darshan J. Mehta and Karan Singh
As one of nature?s most destructive calamities, floods cause fatalities, property destruction, and infrastructure damage, affecting millions of people worldwide. Due to its ability to accurately anticipate and successfully mitigate the effects of floods,...
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Joshua Ntajal, Britta Höllermann, Timo Falkenberg, Thomas Kistemann and Mariele Evers
Water pollution is a major issue in Ghana with direct impacts on human health. However, the underlying drivers of exposure and risks are not comprehensively explored and understood, while the diseases continue posing huge burdens. The key question addres...
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Omar M. Nofal, John W. van de Lindt, Harvey Cutler, Martin Shields and Kevin Crofton
The growing number of flood disasters worldwide and the subsequent catastrophic consequences of these events have revealed the flood vulnerability of communities. Flood impact predictions are essential for better flood risk management which can result in...
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Jaewon Joo and Yong Tian
Floods are the one of the most significant natural disasters, with a damaging effect on human life and properties. Recent global warming and climate change exacerbate the flooding by increasing the frequency and intensity of severe floods. This study exp...
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Maria do Céu Almeida, Maria João Telhado, Marco Morais and João Barreiro
Climate trends suggest an increase in the frequency of intense rainfall events and the aggravation of existing conditions in terms of flooding in urban areas. In coastal areas, conditions are aggravated by coexistence with coastal overtopping. Flood risk...
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Guangtao Fu, Fanlin Meng, Mónica Rivas Casado and Roy S. Kalawsky
Flood resilience is an emerging concept for tackling extreme weathers and minimizing the associated adverse impacts. There is a significant knowledge gap in the study of resilience concepts, assessment frameworks and measures, and management strategies. ...
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