Long-term planning of urban drainage systems aimed at maintaining the sustainability of
urban hydrology remains challenging. In this study, an innovative multi-stage planning …

The ongoing transition towards resilient and energy-efficient cities highlights the design of
new buildings as a critical concern. With the increasing urbanization in Europe and the …

Abstract New York State has nearly 5.3 million buildings, and all of them are vulnerable in
some way to the impacts of climate change. Understanding these impacts is critical, because …

A key role in making cities resilient has been acknowledged in raising risk preparedness
and awareness of urban communities, by appropriate education and communication …

The frequency of urban floods is increasing due to extreme precipitation events,
necessitating urgent improvements in urban flood resilience (UFR). To effectively assess the …

While climate adaptation planning and implementation is gradually increasing across the
globe, there is a documented gap between what is done and what needs to be done …

Despite the increasing number of flood studies, the interrelationships between urban form
indices (UFIs) and flood resilience (FR) have received little attention and hold miscellaneous …

Various methodologies and technologies have been developed and tested to train
communities for natural hazards and investigate human behaviour. The combination of …

The indiscriminate evolution of urban configurations aggravates flood vulnerabilities,
threatening sustainable urban expansion. Present methodologies fall short in supplying …

Cities are complex systems characterised by interdependencies among infrastructural,
economic, social, ecological, and human elements. Urban surface water flooding poses a …