Five Feet High and Rising : Cities and Flooding in the 21st Century

Five Feet High and Rising : Cities and Flooding in the 21st Century

Urban flooding is an increasingly important issue. Disaster statistics appear to show flood events are becoming more frequent, with medium-scale events increasing fastest. The impact of flooding is driven by a combination of natural and human-induc...

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Main Authors: Jha, Abhas, Lamond, Jessica, Bloch, Robin, Bhattacharya, Namrata, Lopez, Ana, Papachristodoulou, Nikolaos, Bird, Alan, Proverbs, David, Davies, John, Barker, Robert
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ADAPTATION
AEROSOLS
AFFECTED COUNTRY
AFFECTED PEOPLE
AFFECTED POPULATIONS
ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURE
ARTIFICIAL DRAINAGE
AVALANCHE
BASINS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY
CLASSIFICATION
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
CLIMATES
COAST
COASTAL AREAS
COASTAL EROSION
COASTAL STORMS
COASTS
CONSTRUCTION
CONTINGENCY PLANNING
CONTINGENCY PLANS
CONVEYANCE
CONVEYANCE SYSTEMS
CRED
CROPS
DAMAGES
DAMS
DATA SOURCES
DEATH RATES
DEVASTATION
DISASTER
DISASTER RECOVERY
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
DISCHARGE
DRAINAGE
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
DROUGHT
DROUGHT EVENTS
DROUGHTS
DRY SPELLS
ECOSYSTEMS
EFFECT OF SEA LEVEL RISE
EFFECTS ON HEALTH
EMERGENCY PLANNING
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DISASTERS
EVACUATION
EXTREME EVENTS
EXTREME PRECIPITATION
EXTREME RAINFALL
EXTREME RAINFALL EVENTS
EXTREME WEATHER
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
FAMINE
FARMER
FIRE
FLOOD
FLOOD CONTROL
FLOOD DAMAGE
FLOOD DAMAGES
FLOOD DEFENSES
FLOOD EVENTS
FLOOD HAZARD
FLOOD INSURANCE
FLOOD LOSSES
FLOOD MANAGEMENT
FLOOD MITIGATION
FLOOD PLAINS
FLOOD PRONE AREAS
FLOOD RISK
FLOOD WATERS
FLOODING
FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT
FLOODPLAINS
FLOODS
FLOODWATER
FLOODWATERS
FOOD SECURITY
FOREST
FUTURE ADAPTATION
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
GLOBAL FACILITY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
GLOBAL MEAN PRECIPITATION
GROUND WATER
GROUNDWATER
HEAT
HEAT WAVE
HEAT WAVES
HOT AIR
HOUSING
HUMAN INTERVENTION
HURRICANE
HURRICANES
HYDROLOGY
INSURANCE
INSURANCE COMPANY
INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
LAND COVER
LAND DEGRADATION
LAND SUBSIDENCE
LAND USE
LANDSLIDES
MEAN SEA LEVEL
METEOROLOGICAL DISASTERS
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL HAZARDS
PRECIPITATION
PREDICTABILITY
RAINFALL
RAINFALL EVENTS
RAINFALL RUNOFF
RECEIVING WATERS
RECONSTRUCTION
REGIONAL CHANGES
REGIONAL CLIMATE
REGIONAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
RESERVOIRS
RESIDENTIAL AREAS
RESTORATION
RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK REDUCTION
RIVER
RIVER DELTAS
RIVERINE
RUNOFF
SAFETY
SEA LEVEL RISE
SEARCH AND RESCUE
SEDIMENTS
SLUM
SLUMS
SPATIAL EXTENT
SPATIAL SCALE
STAGNANT WATER
STORM
STORM SEWERS
STORM SURGE
STORMS
STREAM
SUMMER HEAT WAVE
TROPICAL CYCLONE
TROPICAL PRECIPITATION
TROPICAL STORM
TYPHOON
URBAN HEAT
URBAN HEAT ISLANDS
VEGETATION
WARNING SYSTEMS
WATER HOLDING CAPACITY
WATERSHED
WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS
WATERWAYS
WEATHER EVENT
WEATHER EXTREMES
WETLANDS
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