Human exposure to floods continues to increase, driven by changes in hydrology and land use. Adverse impacts amplify for socially vulnerable populations, who disproportionately …
S Nabinejad, H Schüttrumpf - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite water shortages and infrequent rainfall in arid and semi-arid areas, their recent floods show that flooding tends to be more severe and life-threatening. However, flooding is …
Urban flood is one of the most frequent and deadly natural disasters in the world, seriously affecting urban sustainability and people's well-being in China. As the largest developing …
W Li, R Jiang, H Wu, J Xie, Y Zhao, Y Song… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The combined effects of climate change and accelerated urbanization have increased the risk of urban rainstorm and flood disasters, which seriously affects the achievement of the …
Rapid urbanization and climate change have increased the risk of urban flooding, causing massive infrastructure and human losses. The concept of resilience proposes new solutions …
W Yang, K Xu, J Lian, C Ma, L Bin - Ecological Indicators, 2018 - Elsevier
Flood vulnerability assessment is becoming increasingly important around the world. Nevertheless, the high-dimensional and non-linear relationship between various indices …
AM AlQahtany, IR Abubakar - International journal of disaster risk reduction, 2020 - Elsevier
Disaster risk reduction is an increasingly important policy issue, especially in developing countries that suffer most of the global human and economic losses associated with …
J Ji, D Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
In the background of rapid population growth and rapid urbanization, extreme floods have brought great challenges to urban construction and development, and have aroused …
Identifying flood risk-prone areas in the regions of extreme aridity conditions is essential for mitigating flood risk and rainwater harvesting. Accordingly, the present work is addressed to …