Towards a global day zero? Assessment of current and future water supply and demand in 12 rapidly developing megacities

MS Ahmadi, J Sušnik, W Veerbeek… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Urbanisation is increasing in many countries, leading to the establishment of 33 megacities,
representing huge water demand which is increasingly difficult to supply, exemplified by the …

Tipping points in adaptation to urban flooding under climate change and urban growth: The case of the Dhaka megacity

F Ahmed, E Moors, MSA Khan, J Warner… - Land Use Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Envisioning the future city as the outcome of planned development, several master and
strategic plans for Dhaka were prepared. However, these plans, do not adequately address …

Shaping urbanization to achieve communities resilient to floods

M Hemmati, HN Mahmoud… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Flood risk is increasing in urban communities due to climate change and socioeconomic
development. Socioeconomic development is a major cause of urban expansion in flood …

Exploring the future impacts of urbanization and climate change on groundwater in Arusha, Tanzania

T Olarinoye, JW Foppen, W Veerbeek… - …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
We combine satellite imagery, urban growth modelling, groundwater modelling and
hydrogeological field expeditions to estimate the potential impacts in 2050 of rapid …

A Holistic Modeling Approach to Project the Evolution of Inlet-Interrupted Coastlines Over the 21st Century

J Bamunawala, A Dastgheib, R Ranasinghe… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Approximately one-quarter of the World's sandy beaches, most of which are interrupted by
tidal inlets, are eroding. Understanding the long-term (50–100 year) evolution of inlet …

Integrated multi-parametric analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and geographic information system (GIS) based spatial modelling for flood and water logging …

D Chattaraj, B Paul, S Sarkar - Natural Hazards and Earth …, 2021 - nhess.copernicus.org
Waterlogging as a perennial problem is deep rooted on the urban fabrics of English Bazar
Municipality. The present study pertains to vulnerability and risk assessment of flood and …

The story of five MENA cities: Urban growth prediction modeling using remote sensing and video analytics

A Jaad, K Abdelghany - Cities, 2021 - Elsevier
Most urban areas in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have experienced
unprecedented growth rates over the past few decades to absorb population increase and …

Spatio-temporal dynamics in seismic exposure of Asian megacities: Past, present and future

GM Sarica, T Zhu, TC Pan - Environmental Research Letters, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The estimation of urban growth in megacities is a critical and intricate task for researchers
and decision-makers owing to the complexity of these urban systems. Currently, the majority …

Integrated flood risk management: Novel approaches for an uncertain future

F Klijn, M Lang, P Bakonyi - Water Security, 2022 - Elsevier
Floods have long been the main cause of large numbers of natural disaster fatalities
worldwide. In the 20th century, 6.8 million fatalities were reported [3]. Since the 1950ies …

Probabilistic Application of an Integrated Catchment-Estuary-Coastal System Model to Assess the Evolution of Inlet-Interrupted Coasts Over the 21st Century

J Bamunawala, A Dastgheib, R Ranasinghe… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Inlet-interrupted sandy coasts are dynamic and complex coastal systems with continuously
evolving geomorphological behaviors under the influences of both climate change and …