An interdisciplinary overview of levee setback benefits: supporting spatial planning and implementation of riverine nature‐based solutions

CB van Rees, ML Chambers… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nature‐based solutions (NbS, and related concepts like natural infrastructure, Ecosystem‐
based Adaptation, and green infrastructure) are increasingly recognized as multi‐benefit …

[HTML][HTML] Adapting cities to the surge: A comprehensive review of climate-induced urban flooding

G Dharmarathne, AO Waduge, M Bogahawaththa… - Results in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change is a serious global issue causing more extreme weather patterns, resulting
in more frequent and severe events like urban flooding. This review explores the connection …

Reversal of the levee effect towards sustainable floodplain management

M Ding, P Lin, S Gao, J Wang, Z Zeng, K Zheng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Levees constrain roaring floodwater but are blamed for reducing people's perception of
flood risks and promoting floodplain human settlements unprepared for high-consequence …

Large disagreements in estimates of urban land across scales and their implications

TC Chakraborty, ZS Venter, M Demuzere… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Improvements in high-resolution satellite remote sensing and computational advancements
have sped up the development of global datasets that delineate urban land, crucial for …

Contributions of climate change and urbanization to urban flood hazard changes in China's 293 major cities since 1980

Z Tang, P Wang, Y Li, Y Sheng, B Wang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The growing incidence of urban flood disasters poses a major challenge to urban
sustainability in China. Previous studies have reported that climate change and urbanization …

Towards more resilient cities-analyzing the impact of new-type urbanization on urban resilience: Considering spatial spillover boundaries

J Yu, W Hu, L Hou - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper examines the New-type Urbanization pilot policy (NTUP) and its influence on
urban resilience, offering insights into how NTUP fosters a human-centric, sustainably …

Climate change and urban sprawl: Unveiling the escalating flood risks in river deltas with a deep dive into the GBM river delta

S Wu, X Zhou, J Reyns, D Yamazaki, J Yin… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
River deltas, such as the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) delta, are highly vulnerable
to flooding, exacerbated by intense human activities and rapid urban growth. This study …

Merging modelled and reported flood impacts in Europe in a combined flood event catalogue for 1950–2020

D Paprotny, B Rhein, MI Vousdoukas… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2024 - hess.copernicus.org
Long-term trends in flood losses are regulated by multiple factors including climate variation,
demographic dynamics, economic growth, land-use transitions, reservoir construction and …

Attribution analysis of urban social resilience differences under rainstorm disaster impact: Insights from interpretable spatial machine learning framework

T Gu, H Zhao, L Yue, J Guo, Q Cui, J Tang… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2025 - Elsevier
With the frequent occurrence of extreme rainstorms in global cities, understanding
differences in social resilience is crucial for constructing climate-adaptive communities …

Enhancing transparency in data-driven urban pluvial flood prediction using an explainable CNN model

W Gao, Y Liao, Y Chen, C Lai, S He, Z Wang - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
Mitigating severe losses caused by pluvial floods in urban areas with dense population and
property requires effective flood prediction for emergency measures. Physics-based models …