Urban flooding is becoming a widespread natural hazard in more cities around the world, causing not only huge economic losses but also substantial destruction to the environment and ecosystem. In the context of global climate change and rapid urbanization, the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation and increasing share of impervious land cover types, lead to more frequent and severe urban flood events. Moreover, growths in economic activity and and population increase the vulnerability to urban flood events, while potential sea-level rise may weaken the defence capability of flood control infrastructure.
How to evaluate quantitively the influence of changing environment on future urban flood has become a critical question to be addressed. Understanding the impacts of a changing environment on future urban flood can provide theoretical and technical guidance to improve the capability of future flood control and risk management.
Therefore, this Research Topic aims to consolidate the research frontier on urban flood in a changing environment. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
• Urban flood simulation and prediction
• Evaluating flood magnitude in future scenarios
• Urban hydrological response
• Impacts of changing environment on urban flood risk
• Urban flood risk assessment
• Economic loss in urban flood events
• Urban flood control and mitigation
• City resilience of urban flooding
• Emergency scheduling in urban flood events
We welcome submissions in different formats, including Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Perspectives, Opinions, Commentary, and Data Reports.
Urban flooding is becoming a widespread natural hazard in more cities around the world, causing not only huge economic losses but also substantial destruction to the environment and ecosystem. In the context of global climate change and rapid urbanization, the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation and increasing share of impervious land cover types, lead to more frequent and severe urban flood events. Moreover, growths in economic activity and and population increase the vulnerability to urban flood events, while potential sea-level rise may weaken the defence capability of flood control infrastructure.
How to evaluate quantitively the influence of changing environment on future urban flood has become a critical question to be addressed. Understanding the impacts of a changing environment on future urban flood can provide theoretical and technical guidance to improve the capability of future flood control and risk management.
Therefore, this Research Topic aims to consolidate the research frontier on urban flood in a changing environment. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
• Urban flood simulation and prediction
• Evaluating flood magnitude in future scenarios
• Urban hydrological response
• Impacts of changing environment on urban flood risk
• Urban flood risk assessment
• Economic loss in urban flood events
• Urban flood control and mitigation
• City resilience of urban flooding
• Emergency scheduling in urban flood events
We welcome submissions in different formats, including Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Perspectives, Opinions, Commentary, and Data Reports.
