Climate change triggering extreme weather events and the fact that settlements are at risk
have made flood disaster analysis a more critical issue. The economic, social, and …

With the acceleration of climate change and urbanization, the impacts of floods on Chinese
cities have become increasingly severe, and improving urban flood resilience has become …

Recent extreme rainfall events have led to frequent flash flood-debris flow hazards in the
mountainous regions of western and northern Beijing, China, resulting in significant loss of …

Social media has been an instant source of information for natural disasters, such as urban
floods, throughout the world. Ex-post evaluation of the information is considered more …

Flash floods are highly destructive, and their frequency and intensity are expected to
escalate due to climatic changes. This study thus investigated flash flood susceptibility (FFS) …

This study characterizes the flood vulnerability of Adama City, Ethiopia, where the city faces
high flood vulnerability due to its unplanned urbanization in low-lying floodplain areas …

Land cover (LC) mapping in urban areas is one of the core applications in remote sensing
(RS), and it plays an important role in modern urban planning and management. In order to …

The process of dike-break flood propagation in typical urban street is highly complex. The
presence of buildings and trees groups in urban street profoundly alters the flood dynamics …

Cities are economically developed, densely populated, highly concentrated areas of social
wealth and high social vulnerability to floods. Assessing social vulnerability to urban …

Human activities and climate change have led to increased flooding in cities. Various factors
affect the flood risk function. This study analyzed human and hydrological factors causing …