Flood risk management in arid and semi-arid areas: a comprehensive review of challenges, needs, and opportunities

S Nabinejad, H Schüttrumpf - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite water shortages and infrequent rainfall in arid and semi-arid areas, their recent
floods show that flooding tends to be more severe and life-threatening. However, flooding is …

[HTML][HTML] Coastal urban flood risk management: Challenges and opportunities− A systematic review

F Aziz, X Wang, MQ Mahmood, M Awais, B Trenouth - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
Generational mechanisms and spatio-temporal evolution patterns of Coastal urban flood risk
involve complex interactions between climate change, sea level rise and human-induced …

Novel concept for water scarcity quantification considering nonconventional and virtual water resources in arid countries: Application in Gulf Cooperation Council …

M Al Rashed, A Sefelnasr, M Sherif, A Murad… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The lack of perennial streams or surface water in most arid countries necessitates input
modification and water scarcity/security equation calculation as per the water resource …

Hydrological performance of the ERA5 reanalysis for flood modeling in Tunisia with the LISFLOOD and GR4J models

E Cantoni, Y Tramblay, S Grimaldi, P Salamon… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Study region This study is focused on 6 catchments in Tunisia, in North Africa, under a semi-
arid climate where daily river discharge and precipitation observations are available …

GIS-based hydrodynamic modeling for urban flood mitigation in fast-growing regions: a case study of Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

A Mustafa, M Szydłowski, M Veysipanah… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Floods threaten urban infrastructure, especially in residential neighborhoods and fast-
growing regions. Flood hydrodynamic modeling helps identify flood-prone locations and …

[HTML][HTML] Nested hydrological modeling for flood prediction using CMIP6 inputs around Lake Tana, Ethiopia

AA Alaminie, G Amarnath, SK Padhee, S Ghosh… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Study region Tana basin is the origin of the Blue Nile Basin located in Ethiopia. The Lake
Tana's mean annual precipitation is approximately 1400 mm/yr and its outflow drains an …

Assessing future changes in flood susceptibility under projections from the sixth coupled model intercomparison project: case study of Algiers City (Algeria)

A Bouamrane, O Derdous, H Bouchehed, H Abida - Natural Hazards, 2024 - Springer
This research investigates the changes in flash flood susceptibility in Algiers, Northern
Algeria between current and future climatic conditions based on two Shared Socio …

[PDF][PDF] Flood analysis and mitigation strategies in Algeria

H Boutaghane, T Boulmaiz, EK Lameche… - Wadi flash floods …, 2022 - library.oapen.org
Floods are frequent hazard in Algeria. They cause severe casualties, destroy infrastructures,
and impair economies. In the past decades, Algeria experienced devastating floods. The …

[HTML][HTML] Projected changes in extreme temperature and precipitation indices over CORDEX-MENA domain

T Ozturk, FS Saygili-Araci, ML Kurnaz - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, projected changes in climate extreme indices defined by the Expert Team on
Climate Change Detection and Indices were investigated over Middle East and North Africa …

Mitigating flash flooding in the city: Drain or harvest?

TV Siphambe, A Aliyu, K Souadji, SA Bayongwa… - Water …, 2024 - iwaponline.com
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is principally based on collecting, storing, and using rainfall
which would otherwise be lost as surface runoff. Runoff threatens in several ways …