The rapid urbanization process in the last century has deeply changed the way we live and
interact with each other. As most people now live in urban areas, cities are experiencing …

Urban flooding is a key global challenge which is expected to become exacerbated under
global change due to more intense rainfall and flashier runoff regimes over increasingly …

The traditional" forecast-response" paradigm is facing significant practical challenges. For
example, when different scenarios require different reaction mechanisms, the applicability of …

In our era, the rapid increase of parallel programming coupled with high‐performance
computing (HPC) facilities allows for the use of two‐dimensional shallow water equation (2D …

Urban road transport disruptions caused by urban floods have become severe in the
Chinese megacities due to climate change and urbanisation. Urban road planning, design …

Civil responders currently have limited information available to them to support flood
incident planning. A new generation of tools are emerging that produce more detailed …

This paper describes the development of a method that couples flood modelling with
network analysis to evaluate the accessibility of city districts by emergency responders …

In the past decade, urban pluvial flood-induced impacts on road traffic have been studied in
the context of global climate change and rapid urbanization. The main objective of this paper …

Surface water (or pluvial) flooding is caused by intense rainfall before it enters rivers or
drainage systems. As the climate changes and urban populations grow, the number of …

Emergency responders must reach urgent cases within mandatory timeframes, regardless of
weather conditions. However, flooding of transport networks can add critical minutes to …