Transformation towards resilient sponge cities in China

FKS Chan, WY Chen, X Gu, Y Peng… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
China's national Sponge City Program promotes the integration of green–grey–blue
infrastructure for sustainable urban-water governance. However, recent record-breaking …

Selected global flood preparation and response lessons: implications for more resilient Chinese Cities

FKS Chan, Z Wang, J Chen, X Lu, T Nafea, B Montz… - Natural Hazards, 2023 - Springer
Urban populations are rising globally, and more extreme climate events are occurring, which
means more people are exposed to flood hazards such as pluvial, fluvial, coastal and …

Assessing hydrological performance for optimized integrated grey-green infrastructure in response to climate change based on shared socio-economic pathways

M Wang, M Liu, D Zhang, Y Zhang, J Su, S Zhou… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Integrated grey-green infrastructure (IGGI) is considered as a promising facility for mitigating
urban flooding during extreme rainfall events. However, most IGGI strategies rely heavily on …

Spatial-temporal flood inundation nowcasts by fusing machine learning methods and principal component analysis

LC Chang, JY Liou, FJ Chang - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
The frequency and severity of floods have noticeably increased worldwide in the last
decades due to climate change and urbanization. This study aims to build an urban flood …

Urban flood risk assessment characterizing the relationship among hazard, exposure, and vulnerability

L Bin, K Xu, H Pan, Y Zhuang, R Shen - Environmental Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Risk assessment is an effective means to alleviate urban flood disasters and has attracted
the attention of many studies. However, most previous studies about urban flood risk …

Potential heterogeneity of urban ecological resilience and urbanization in multiple urban agglomerations from a landscape perspective

T Zhang, Y Sun, X Zhang, L Yin, B Zhang - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization has reduced the capacity of cities to mitigate and withstand disasters.
Strengthening urban ecological resilience (ER) is important for improving urban self …

Forecasting of stage-discharge in a non-perennial river using machine learning with gamma test

DK Vishwakarma, A Kuriqi, SA Abed, G Kishore… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract Knowledge of the stage-discharge rating curve is useful in designing and planning
flood warnings; thus, developing a reliable stage-discharge rating curve is a fundamental …

Investigating relationships between landscape patterns and surface runoff from a spatial distribution and intensity perspective

L Wang, H Hou, Y Li, J Pan, P Wang, B Wang… - Journal of environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization changes landscape patterns and results in frequent urban waterlogging
issues, which affect citizens' daily lives and cause economic loss. Understanding the spatial …

Understanding land subsidence in the Pearl River Delta region of China based on InSAR observations

T Ren, W Gong, L Gao, F Zhao - Engineering Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Land subsidence occurs in river delta areas. A comprehensive understanding of the factors
contributing to land subsidence is crucial for effective geohazard mitigation and land …

Prediction and valuation of ecosystem service based on land use/land cover change: A case study of the Pearl River Delta

B Li, Z Yang, Y Cai, Y Xie, H Guo, Y Wang… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent decades, land use/land cover change caused by rapid economic development has
led to a sharp decline in the values of ecosystem service. Based on the land use/land cover …