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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Urban Flooding"”.
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Analysis, Modeling, and Forecasting Of Urban Flooding
As the world becomes more urbanized and heavy precipitation events increase in frequency and intensity, urban flooding is an emerging concern. Urban flooding is caused when heavy rainfall collects on the landscape, exceeding the capacity of drainage systems to effectively convey runoff. Unlike …
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Incorporating Wider Infrastructure Disruption in Urban Flooding Resilience Investments
… by natural hazards, particularly in flood-prone urban areas. This research explores the application of resilience concepts, CI interdependency models, and quantitative assessment frameworks to enhance infrastructure resilience. A key focus is developing holistic methodologies integrating …
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The physical and economic impacts of urban flooding on critical infrastructure & surrounding communities: a decision-support framework
… there is little doubt that man’s role in rapid urbanization is amplifying the impacts of such occurrences and adds a layer of complexity to efforts aimed at mitigation. While there are systems in place there is a need for a national overhaul of the methods currently active for the mitigation and …
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Investigating the capacity of the cities to manage urban flooding disasters: a case study of Sumbe, Angola
Disasters involving urban floods are a major concern worldwide, particularly in developing nations with limited capacity to manage disasters. Located on the coast of Angola and the capital of the Cuanza-Sul province in the central region of the country, Sumbe has been suffering from the negative …
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NUMERICALLY MODELING FLOODING SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY
Urban flooding affects many of the world’s low-lying, coastal cities today. Whether induced by prolonged periods of rainfall, storm surge, or river overtopping, these issues pose as a hazard to human life as well as a source of damage to urban infrastructure. The United States Naval Academy is one …
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Hydro-Urbanism : Reimagining Urban Landscapes to Accommodate and Utilize Stormwater
Urban flooding presents a significant challenge to cities worldwide, resulting in loss of life and economic damage. Factors such as urbanization, climate change, and extreme weather events compound the vulnerability of urban areas to flooding, with rapid urbanization emerging as a primary driver of …
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Barriers to flood risk adaptation a case study of cross-scale collaboration in the informal settlement of Graveyard Pond, Philipi
… insight into the barriers of adapting to urban flooding as well as how flooding is responded to in informal settlements in order to increase adaptive capacity to future climate change. There is a growing concern over the increase in extreme events expected as part of climate change.
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Third landscapes for flood-resilience: Rethinking scales of green infrastructure in neighborhoods in Khulna, Bangladesh
… and value of nature-based design adaptations to urban flooding in response to ongoing urban development and the impacts of climate change in Khulna, Bangladesh. Located in the southwest part of Bangladesh, Khulna City is threatened by the dual effects of rising sea levels and waterlogging during …
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Large-scale Process-based Urban Hydrological Modeling Framework
Urban flooding presents a significant global challenge, exacerbated by increasingly frequent extreme climate events and rapid urbanization. Mitigation efforts typically involve implementing various strategies to enhance stormwater storage and infiltration. However, the complexity of these …
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Analysing urban flood risk in low-cost settlements of George, Western Cape, South Africa : investigating physical and social dimensions
… both the physical and social dimensions of urban flood risk. The following analytical questions are therefore considered: i) What constitutes urban flooding? ii) What processes influence the urban flood hazardscape? iii) What makes people vulnerable to urban flooding? iv) How does one assess …
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Resilience of Water Sensitive Design Assets in Urban Environments Against Flooding and Climate Change
Urban sprawl has led to the conversion of previously natural, pervious land into impervious surfaces. Consequently, this increase in impervious areas has elevated the risk of urban flooding. Water Sensitive Design (WSD) assets are engineered green infrastructure implemented in new urban …
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A Citizen-Science Approach for Urban Flood Risk Analysis Using Data Science and Machine Learning
<p>Street flooding is problematic in urban areas, where impervious surfaces, such as concrete, brick, and asphalt prevail, impeding the infiltration of water into the ground. During rain events, water ponds and rise to levels that cause considerable economic damage and physical harm. The main goal …
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Watershed-level Analysis of Urban Raingarden Performance
Urban flooding became to be a big issue for many cities in the world due to the urbanization. Best Management Practices (BMP) are considered to be an economically friendly solution for the urban storm water problem. The City of Kansas City began the project of "10,000 Raingarndens in Metropolitan …
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Propuesta de zonificación de riesgo natural y antropogénico en la ciudad de San Miguel
… cíclica; problemas como las inundaciones urbanas en la época de invierno y otras situaciones a las que la ciudad no está exenta como un sismo o un evento climatológico severo. Se zonifico la ciudad de San Miguel a través de mapas para mostrar la vulnerabilidad a la que la ciudad está …
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Hydrologic-hydraulic modeling for the dual drainage and flooding study of the Lawrence Avenue Underflow Sewer System
Urban flooding is generally expected in cities where the urban development increases the impervious surface area which causes the runoff to exceeds the capacity of the drainage system. In the city of Chicago, the Lawrence Avenue Underflow Sewer System (LAUSS) is the first tunnel system built with …
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Greening climate adaptation : exploring the use of green infrastructure as an adaptation strategy in Boston and Cambridge, MA
… such as sea level rise, storm surge, inland flooding, and urban heat island effect. GI can often be implemented at lower-cost and faster timelines than grey infrastructure. It also provides a myriad of aesthetic and public health benefits, and can be an attractive "no-regrets" adaptation …
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The role of social media in measuring human response to urban flash flooding
This thesis explores the role of social media in urban flooding. The author analyzes the activity of weibos (Chinese tweets) related to Beijing's "7.21" flash flood in the Sinaweibo system (the most popular social media open platform in China) and characterizes these weibos from the 37 hours …
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Characterization of co-benefits of green stormwater infrastructure across ecohydrologic regions in the United States
… are commonly used in municipalities to reduce urban flooding and water pollution. In conjunction with these direct benefits, GSI systems provide additional social and ecological "co-benefits". Our goal was to investigate the co-benefits of commonly used GSI systems in five cities in the United …
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Analysing peak flow attenuation in an urban wetland
Worldwide urbanization and climate change are influential in changing precipitation patterns and hydrological flow resulting in event driven urban flooding. The approach to flood protection has recently shifted from engineered and technical solutions to more sustainable and integrated solutions, by …
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Design against nature : flooding, water supply, and public space in Los Angeles
… the same time, Los Angeles faces the most severe flooding hazard of any major American city, due to the rare but extreme rainfalls that are intrinsic to its Mediterranean climate. Historically, the Los Angeles River had flowed freely across the basin, but soaring demand for land set the stage for …
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