Disastrous floods have caused millions of fatalities in the twentieth century, tens of billions of
dollars of direct economic loss each year and serious disruption to global trade. In this …

The prevalence of flooding events and the associated risk in the urban areas is an
increasingly important issue of global significance, although it is more critical for the …

Adverse impacts of climate change, development deficits and inequality exacerbate each
other. Existing vulnerabilities and inequalities intensify with adverse impacts of climate …

As a result of climate change, urban areas are increasingly vulnerable to flooding, which can
cause devastating effects, both in terms of loss of life and property. Therefore, an accurate …

A holistic perspective on changing rainfall-driven flood risk is provided for the late 20th and
early 21st centuries. Economic losses from floods have greatly increased, principally driven …

Urban surface water floods pose growing threats in urban areas, which cause not only
massive physical water disturbance, but also loss of human lives, destruction of social and …

A changing climate can lead to changes in the frequency, intensity or duration of an extreme
event, or result in an 3 unprecedented, previously unobserved, extreme. As well, a weather …

In flood risk assessment, there remains a lack of analytical frameworks capturing the
dynamics emerging from two‐way feedbacks between physical and social processes, such …

River flooding can have severe societal, economic, and environmental consequences.
However, limited understanding of the regional differences in flood‐generating mechanisms …

The impacts of flooding are expected to rise due to population increases, economic growth
and climate change. Hence, understanding the physical and spatiotemporal characteristics …