Modeling and evaluating the resilience of systems, potentially complex and large-scale in
nature, has recently raised significant interest among both practitioners and researchers …

Environmental models are used extensively to evaluate the effectiveness of a range of
design, planning, operational, management and policy options. However, the number of …

Flooding can cause major disruptions in cities, and lead to significant impacts on people, the
economy and on the environment. These impacts may be exacerbated by climate and socio …

Observed changes in precipitation patterns, rising surface temperature, increases in
frequency and intensity of floods and droughts, widespread melting of ice, and reduced …

Infrastructure systems, including transportation, telecommunications, water supply, and
electric power networks, are faced with growing number of disruptions such as natural …

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction reported that the 2011 natural
disasters, including the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan, resulted in …

Water represents an essential element for the life of all who inhabit our planet. But the
random nature of this resource, which is manifested by the alternation of wet periods and dry …

River cities require a management approach based on resilience to floods rather than on
resistance. Resisting floods by means of levees, dams, and channelization neglects inherent …

The past several decades have witnessed an increasing number of natural and manmade
hazards with a dramatic impact on the normal operations of the society. The occurrences of …

Global threats such as climate change, population growth, and rapid urbanization pose a
huge future challenge to water management, and, to ensure the ongoing reliability …