Climate change and urbanization are converging to challenge city drainage infrastructure
due to their adverse impacts on precipitation extremes and the environment of urban areas …

Rapid urbanization, population explosion and climate change have threatened water
security globally, regionally and locally. While there are many ways of addressing these …

Climate change is likely to affect the water cycle by influencing the precipitation patterns. It is
important to integrate the anticipated changes into the design of urban drainage in response …

Despite the widespread implementation of flood control infrastructure, modern cities around
the world remain vulnerable to flood hazards. Although flood management has in general …

Flooding is one of the most frequent natural disasters, causing billions of dollars in damage
and threatening vulnerable communities worldwide. Although the impact of flooding can …

Estimating the expected annual damage (EAD) due to flooding in an urban area is of great
interest for urban water managers and other stakeholders. It is a strong indicator for a given …

Along with windstorms, floods are the most common and widespread of all natural disasters.
Although they can often be predicted, they cause loss of life, damage and destruction, as …

In the context of urban flood management, resilience is equal to resisting, recovering,
reflecting and responding. The variety of causes of flooding and their consequences …

An accurate and rapid urban flood prediction model is essential to support decision-making
for flood management. This study developed a deep-learning-technique-based data-driven …

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 …