Urban Ferries and Catastrophic Floods

Planning for urban floods.

Macroscopic modelling of urban floods

A Note on Order Statistics and Property Losses from Catastrophic Hurricanes and Floods in the USA

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URBAS: Prediction and Management of Flash Floods in Urban Areas

• A database with flash floods and heavy rainfall events in Germany 2 URBAS project overview • Improving quality of flash flood forecasts URBAS is organised in an interdisciplanery manner. Aspects from city planning, hydrology, hydraulics, meteorology, damage assessment, emergency planning, and insurance issues are playing important roles. In order to get an overview over occurrence of urban fl...

Urban Land Markets and Disasters: Floods in Argentina’s Cities

• The role played by the state as a land market regulator in urban areas with natural vulnerability to flooding; as a producer of urban land and housing; and as a builder of defenses against flooding. • Impacts on the land market of flooding and built defenses as well as access to urban land for different population sectors; land value increases and decreases in urban areas according to floodin...