The need to respond to increasing flood risk, climate change, and rapid urban development
has shaped innovative policies and practices of spatial planning in many countries over …

Urbanisation and climate change have increased both the probability and the severity of
flooding. The risk paradigm that follows shifts from traditional to more integrated approaches …

Rapidly expanding cities in the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) region are at risk
of flooding due to heavy rainfall, insufficient drainage capacity, a lack of preparedness and …

The multi-pattern approach (MPA) is a new method that has been applied to understand the
transition to integrated flood risk management (IFRM) in the Netherlands. This paper …

The problem of flooding in Warri, Nigeria is as old as the city itself. What has changed in
recent years is the rapidly increasing magnitude and frequency of floodwater retention pools …

In the Netherlands, the central government, water authorities, provinces and municipalities
are working together on a new Delta Program on Flood Risk Management and Fresh Water …

Due to the long term character of the policy issue, the associated uncertainties and the large
variety of affected stakeholders, adapting densely populated delta areas to the impacts of …

The recent increase of devastating floods in West Africa implies an urgent need for effective
flood risk management. A key element of such management is understanding how …

Recent changes in cities and their environments, caused by rapid urbanisation and climate
change, have increased both flood probability and the severity of flooding. Consequently …

This paper applies an Adaptation Tipping Point (ATP) approach for the assessment of
vulnerability to flooding in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. A series of rigorous modelling …