Sponge city construction in China: A survey of the challenges and opportunities

H Li, L Ding, M Ren, C Li, H Wang - Water, 2017 - mdpi.com
Rapid urbanization in China has caused severe water and environmental problems in
recent years. To resolve the issues, the Chinese government launched a sponge city …

Adaptation of urban drainage networks to climate change: A review

IM Kourtis, VA Tsihrintzis - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The present work reviews the main challenges regarding adaptation of urban drainage
networks to climate change by comparing 32 case studies from 29 articles, published …

Flash-flood hazard assessment using ensembles and Bayesian-based machine learning models: Application of the simulated annealing feature selection method

FS Hosseini, B Choubin, A Mosavi, N Nabipour… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Flash-floods are increasingly recognized as a frequent natural hazard worldwide. Iran has
been among the most devastated regions affected by the major floods. While the temporal …

Comparison of urbanization and climate change impacts on urban flood volumes: Importance of urban planning and drainage adaptation

Q Zhou, G Leng, J Su, Y Ren - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding the drivers behind urban floods is critical for reducing its devastating impacts
to human and society. This study investigates the impacts of recent urban development on …

Flash flood susceptibility modeling using new approaches of hybrid and ensemble tree-based machine learning algorithms

SS Band, S Janizadeh, S Chandra Pal, A Saha… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Flash flooding is considered one of the most dynamic natural disasters for which measures
need to be taken to minimize economic damages, adverse effects, and consequences by …

A novel hybrid approach based on a swarm intelligence optimized extreme learning machine for flash flood susceptibility mapping

DT Bui, PTT Ngo, TD Pham, A Jaafari, NQ Minh… - Catena, 2019 - Elsevier
Flash flood is a typical natural hazard that occurs within a short time with high flow velocities
and is difficult to predict. In this study, we propose and validate a new soft computing …

[HTML][HTML] Flash flood susceptibility mapping using a novel deep learning model based on deep belief network, back propagation and genetic algorithm

H Shahabi, A Shirzadi, S Ronoud, S Asadi, BT Pham… - Geoscience …, 2021 - Elsevier
Flash floods are responsible for loss of life and considerable property damage in many
countries. Flood susceptibility maps contribute to flood risk reduction in areas that are prone …

Urban flood impact assessment: A state-of-the-art review

MJ Hammond, AS Chen, S Djordjević, D Butler… - Urban Water …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Novel hybrid intelligence models for flood-susceptibility prediction: Meta optimization of the GMDH and SVR models with the genetic algorithm and harmony search

E Dodangeh, M Panahi, F Rezaie, S Lee, DT Bui… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Floods are among the deadliest natural hazards for humans and the environment.
Identifying the most flood-susceptible areas is a fundamental step in the development of …

Evaluating the impact and risk of pluvial flash flood on intra-urban road network: A case study in the city center of Shanghai, China

J Yin, D Yu, Z Yin, M Liu, Q He - Journal of hydrology, 2016 - Elsevier
Urban pluvial flood are attracting growing public concern due to rising intense precipitation
and increasing consequences. Accurate risk assessment is critical to an efficient urban …