Delta sustainability from the Holocene to the Anthropocene and envisioning the future

E Anthony, J Syvitski, F Zăinescu, RJ Nicholls… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
River deltas offer numerous ecosystem services and host an estimated global population of
350 million to more than 500 million inhabitants in over 100 countries. To maintain their …

Coastal flooding in Asian megadeltas: Recent advances, persistent challenges, and call for actions amidst local and global changes

M Becker, K Seeger, A Paszkowski… - Reviews of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Asian megadeltas, specifically the Ganges‐Brahmaputra‐Meghna, Irrawaddy, Chao Phraya,
Mekong, and Red River deltas host half of the world's deltaic population and are vital for …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Towards integrated flood management: Vulnerability and flood risk in the Ayeyarwady Delta of Myanmar

A Vogel, K Seeger, D Brill, H Brückner, A Kyaw… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite the rising global flood risk, the impacts of flooding remain systematically
underestimated, leading to significant consequences for particularly vulnerable river deltas …

Evaluating flood hazards in data-sparse coastal lowlands: highlighting the Ayeyarwady Delta (Myanmar)

K Seeger, A Peffeköver, PSJ Minderhoud… - Environmental …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Coastal lowlands and river deltas worldwide are increasingly exposed to coastal, pluvial
and fluvial flooding as well as relative sea-level rise (RSLR). However, information about …

Rules of river avulsion change downstream

JH Gearon, HK Martin, C DeLisle, EA Barefoot… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Avulsing rivers create new pathways on the floodplain and the associated flooding can
profoundly affect society,,–. River avulsions are thought to occur when the water column …

Data, knowledge, and modeling challenges for science-informed management of river deltas

RJP Schmitt, PSJ Minderhoud - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Summary 450 million people live on river deltas and thus on land that is precariously low
above the sea level and sinking because of human activities and natural processes …

[HTML][HTML] Error-reduced digital elevation models and high-resolution land cover roughness in map** tsunami exposure for low elevation coastal zones

R Amra, S Araki, C Geiß, G Davies - Remote Sensing Applications: Society …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study presents a systematic exposure assessment by reconstructing the impact of the
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami using a wide range of inundation scenarios and multiresolution …

Choosing the optimal global digital elevation model for stream network delineation: Beyond vertical accuracy

J Marešová, P Bašta, K Gdulová, V Barták… - Earth and Space …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Satellite‐derived global digital elevation models (DEMs) are essential for providing the
topographic information needed in a wide range of hydrological applications. However, their …

[HTML][HTML] A GIS Automated Tool for Morphometric Flood Analysis Based on the Horton–Strahler River Classification System

A Enea, CC Stoleriu, M Iosub, L Niacsu - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
The development of human society over the past century has led to an explosion in
population numbers and a migration of settlements to river valleys, which have become …