Causes, impacts and patterns of disastrous river floods
Disastrous floods have caused millions of fatalities in the twentieth century, tens of billions of
dollars of direct economic loss each year and serious disruption to global trade. In this …
dollars of direct economic loss each year and serious disruption to global trade. In this …
Future climate risk from compound events
Floods, wildfires, heatwaves and droughts often result from a combination of interacting
physical processes across multiple spatial and temporal scales. The combination of …
physical processes across multiple spatial and temporal scales. The combination of …
An overview of flood concepts, challenges, and future directions
This review provides a broad overview of the current state of flood research, current
challenges, and future directions. Beginning with a discussion of flood-generating …
challenges, and future directions. Beginning with a discussion of flood-generating …
Understanding heavy tails of flood peak distributions
Statistical distributions of flood peak discharge often show heavy tail behavior, that is,
extreme floods are more likely to occur than would be predicted by commonly used …
extreme floods are more likely to occur than would be predicted by commonly used …
[HTML][HTML] Three hypotheses on changing river flood hazards
G Blöschl - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2022 - hess.copernicus.org
There is serious concern that the hazard, or probability, of river floods is increasing over
time. Starting from narratives that are sometimes discussed in public, the article addresses …
time. Starting from narratives that are sometimes discussed in public, the article addresses …
Causative classification of river flood events
L Tarasova, R Merz, A Kiss, S Basso… - Wiley …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A wide variety of processes controls the time of occurrence, duration, extent, and severity of
river floods. Classifying flood events by their causative processes may assist in enhancing …
river floods. Classifying flood events by their causative processes may assist in enhancing …
Hess Opinions: An interdisciplinary research agenda to explore the unintended consequences of structural flood protection
G Di Baldassarre, H Kreibich… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2018 - hess.copernicus.org
One common approach to cope with floods is the implementation of structural flood
protection measures, such as levees or flood-control reservoirs, which substantially reduce …
protection measures, such as levees or flood-control reservoirs, which substantially reduce …
Challenges, opportunities, and pitfalls for global coupled hydrologic‐hydraulic modeling of floods
S Grimaldi, GJP Schumann, A Shokri… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Flood modeling at the regional to global scale is a key requirement for equitable emergency
and land management. Coupled hydrological‐hydraulic models are at the core of flood …
and land management. Coupled hydrological‐hydraulic models are at the core of flood …
Predicting flood insurance claims with hydrologic and socioeconomic demographics via machine learning: Exploring the roles of topography, minority populations …
Current research on flooding risk often focuses on understanding hazards, de-emphasizing
the complex pathways of exposure and vulnerability. We investigated the use of both …
the complex pathways of exposure and vulnerability. We investigated the use of both …
Interpretable machine learning for predicting urban flash flood hotspots using intertwined land and built-environment features
Z Liu, T Felton, A Mostafavi - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
Pluvial flash floods are fast-moving hazards and causes significant disruptions in urban
areas. With the increase in heavy precipitations, the ability to proactively identify flash floods …
areas. With the increase in heavy precipitations, the ability to proactively identify flash floods …