Under the background of rapid urban development and continuous climate change, frequent
floods around the world have caused serious economic losses and social problems, which …

Flood risk to urban communities is increasing significantly as a result of the integrated effects
of climate change and socioeconomic development. The latter effect is one of the main …

Precipitation extremes have increased across many regions of the United States, with further
increases anticipated in response to additional global warming. Quantifying the impact of …

Abstract During August 25–30, 2017, Hurricane Harvey stalled over Texas and caused
extreme precipitation, particularly over Houston and the surrounding area on August 26–28 …

There is increasing policy and research interest in disaster resilience, yet the extant
literature is still mired in definitional debates, epistemological orientations of researchers …

Improvements in modelling power and input data have vastly improved the precision of
physical flood models, but translation into economic outputs requires depth–damage …

This paper couples an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS), with two heuristic-
based computation methods namely biogeography-based optimization (BBO) and BAT …

Theme unsuitability is noted to have inhibited the accuracy of groundwater potential zones
(GWPZs) map** approach, especially in a semi-arid environment where surface water …

Urban area expansion has often been cited as a flood inducing factor globally. However,
there is a dearth of research on how the phenomenon influences the occurrence of floods in …

The process of urbanization has changed LULC patterns which have a strong influence on
flood risk and resulting economic losses from flood events. This study intends to assess the …