Recent research approaches to urban flood vulnerability, 2006–2016

SY Cho, H Chang - Natural Hazards, 2017 - Springer
This study examines the research trend of urban flood risk assessment and investigates
what methods and approaches have been changed and how these changes have improved …

Nature-based solutions on floodplain restoration with coupled propagule dispersal simulation and step**-stone approach to predict mangrove encroachment in an …

SS Shih, ZZ Huang, YW Hsu - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The mangrove ecosystem is significantly affected by human activities, climate change, and
rising sea level. The propagules of mangroves dispersal with tide and river currents that …

A nonstructural flood prevention measure for mitigating urban inundation impacts along with river flooding effects

SS Shih, PH Kuo, JS Lai - Journal of Environmental Management, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent decades, urban developments along rivers have experienced high flooding risks,
elevated by increasing urbanization. Due to the expansion of urban areas, flood mitigation …

Uncertainty Assessment: Reservoir Inflow Forecasting with Ensemble Precipitation Forecasts and HEC‐HMS

SC Yang, TH Yang - Advances in Meteorology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
During an extreme event, having accurate inflow forecasting with enough lead time helps
reservoir operators decrease the impact of floods downstream. Furthermore, being able to …

Post-Evaluation of flood hazards induced by former artificial interventions along a coastal Mediterranean settlement

D Myronidis, D Stathis, M Sapountzis - Journal of Hydrologic …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Inappropriate artificial activities can escalate the frequency, the intensity, and the magnitude
of floods and aggravate their aftermath. Additionally, urban sprawl is responsible for …

Identifying tree characteristics to determine the blocking effects of water conveyance for natural flood management in urban rivers

SS Shih, PC Chen - Journal of Flood Risk Management, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Plants, especially trees, provide ecological functions but may harm the flood conveyance
efficiency of rivers. Understanding the impacts of tree heights, tree areas, and tree locations …

Tradeoffs between reducing flood risks and storing carbon stocks in mangroves

SS Shih, HL Hsieh, PH Chen, CP Chen… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2015 - Elsevier
Mangrove habitats are important carbon (C) reserve sites. However, the overgrowth or
overexpansion of mangroves may increase the risk of flooding, thus affecting human …

Rebuild, retreat or resilience: Urban flood vulnerability analysis and simulation in Taipei

YS Su - International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built …, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to propose the practice of urban resilience to flooding in a
vulnerable Asian city, Taipei. It conducts Geographic Information System (GIS)-based …

Hydrology drives vegetation succession in a tidal freshwater wetland of subtropical Taiwan

HJ Lin, CH Huang, GW Hwang, CB Hsu, CP Chen… - Wetlands, 2016 - Springer
The relationships between vegetation communities and environmental variables in
tropical/subtropical tidal freshwater wetlands are poorly understood. We tracked the …

Application and comparison of coaxial correlation diagram and hydrological model for reconstructing flood series under human disturbance

P Huang, Z Li, Q Li, K Zhang, H Zhang - Journal of Mountain Science, 2016 - Springer
Intense human activities have greatly changed the flood generation conditions in most areas
of the world, and have destroyed the consistency in the annual flood peak and volume …