This review provides a broad overview of the current state of flood research, current
challenges, and future directions. Beginning with a discussion of flood-generating …

Climate change creates challenges for developments in coastal and delta areas. The risks
are reduced more effectively if both planned and autonomous adaptations take place. Flood …

Flood risk emerges from the interaction of hazard and vulnerability. Over recent decades the
notion of risk being the basis for flood management decisions has become widely accepted …

To support the transition from traditional flood defence strategies to a flood risk management
approach at the basin scale in Europe, the EU has adopted a new Directive (2007/60/EC) at …

In this article, we propose an integrated direct and indirect flood risk model for small‐and
large‐scale flood events, allowing for dynamic modeling of total economic losses from a …

Coastal cities are particularly vulnerable to flood under multivariable conditions, such as
heavy precipitation, high sea levels, and storms. The combined effect of multiple sources …

Human societies have learnt to cope with flood risks in several ways, the most prominent
ways being engineering solutions and adaptive measures. However, from a more …

Urban floods have a significant impact on the economy, livelihoods, and daily activities.
Despite extensive research on flood adaptation, there is a lack of consensus on ways to …

Urban flooding has been and will continue to be a significant problem for many cities across
the developed and developing world. Crucial to the amelioration of the effects of these …

Flooding is a threatening human/climate-induced hazard and the expected increase in the
frequency and severity of floods is challenging cities worldwide. Modern flood risk …