Recent Advances in the Assessment of Flood Risk in Urban Areas

Tiago Miguel Ferreira

doi:10.3390/w12071865

Abstract

The adverse effects of flood disasters in urban areas have been increasing in severity and extent over the past years [...]

Highlights

In order to tackle this global issue, it is fundamental to keep on promoting and developing fundamental and applied research that allows the better targeting of interventions to improve resilience, reduce vulnerability and enhance recovery, as well as assisting decision-makers in delivering more effective flood risk-reduction policies
The present Special Issue of Water aims to contribute to this goal by providing a space in which to share and discuss recent studies and state-of-the-art methodologies focused on the assessment and mitigation of flood risk in urban areas
It includes nine high-quality research articles authored by eminent scholars from India, Italy, Korea, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, who had the tremendous generosity to join me in this project

Summary

Introduction

In order to tackle this global issue, it is fundamental to keep on promoting and developing fundamental and applied research that allows the better targeting of interventions to improve resilience, reduce vulnerability and enhance recovery, as well as assisting decision-makers in delivering more effective flood risk-reduction policies. The present Special Issue of Water aims to contribute to this goal by providing a space in which to share and discuss recent studies and state-of-the-art methodologies focused on the assessment and mitigation of flood risk in urban areas.

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