Flooding is the most common natural hazard and third most damaging globally after storms
and earthquakes. Anthropogenic climate change is expected to increase flood risk through …

It has been argued that learning from flood experience contributes to flood resilience.
However, it is unclear what such a learning process involves, and it is debatable whether …

A leading challenge in measuring social vulnerability to hazards is for output metrics to
better reflect the context in which vulnerability occurs. Through a meta-analysis of 67 flood …

Over the past two decades, decision-making in disaster risk management (DRM) has
evolved significantly. This has resulted in a re-focus from a predominantly top …

This book integrates the physical processes of dam breaching and the mathematical aspects
of risk assessment in a concise manner• The first book that introduces the causes, processes …

Canada is a country in the midst of a flood management policy transition that is shifting part
of the flood damage burden from the state to homeowners. This transition—as well as the …

This study explores system interactions of stormwater management solutions using
Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SuDS) and Green Infrastructure (GI) within the wider …

Cities are positioning themselves at the center of the Anthropocene, hosting most of the
world's population and global socioeconomic activities. The increasing prospect of …

Identifying the risk factors for morbidity and mortality effects pre-, during and post-flood may
aid the appropriate targeting of flood-related adverse health prevention strategies. We …

There is a growing interest for marine flooding related to recent catastrophic events and their
unintended consequences in terms of casualties and damages, and to the increasing …