The Value of Urban Flood Modeling
Abstract Floods are important disturbances to urban socio‐eco‐technical systems and their meteorological drivers are projected to increase through the century due to global climate change. Urban flood models are numerical models that have the capability of representing the features of urban ecosyste...
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| author | B. R. Rosenzweig P. Herreros Cantis Y. Kim A. Cohn K. Grove J. Brock J. Yesuf P. Mistry C. Welty T. McPhearson J. Sauer H. Chang |
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| description | Abstract Floods are important disturbances to urban socio‐eco‐technical systems and their meteorological drivers are projected to increase through the century due to global climate change. Urban flood models are numerical models that have the capability of representing the features of urban ecosystems and the mechanisms of flooding that impact them. They have the potential to play a critical role in flood risk assessment, operational response, and resilience planning, but existing models remain limited in their capability to represent integrated flooding processes in urban areas and provide the credible quantitative information needed to support risk assessment and resilience practice. Research to advance model development, facilitate intensive watershed monitoring for model parameterization and validation, and support collaboration between researchers and practitioners should be prioritized. This will represent a substantial, expensive effort, but will still be of great value as cities are faced with urgent challenges posed by climate change in coming decades. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dbe88a953c994e50a17b652ca587cdfe2022-12-22T01:34:09ZengWileyEarth's Future2328-42772021-01-0191n/an/a10.1029/2020EF001739The Value of Urban Flood ModelingB. R. Rosenzweig0P. Herreros Cantis1Y. Kim2A. Cohn3K. Grove4J. Brock5J. Yesuf6P. Mistry7C. Welty8T. McPhearson9J. Sauer10H. Chang11Advanced Science Research Center at the Graduate Center CUNY New York City NY USAThe New School New York City NY USAArizona State University Tempe AZ USADepartment of Environmental Protection City of New York New York City NY USADepartment of Public Works City of Baltimore Baltimore MD USADepartment of Environmental Protection City of New York New York City NY USADepartment of Public Works City of Baltimore Baltimore MD USADepartment of Public Works City of Baltimore Baltimore MD USAUniversity of Maryland Baltimore MD USAThe New School New York City NY USAArizona State University Tempe AZ USAPortland State University Portland OR USAAbstract Floods are important disturbances to urban socio‐eco‐technical systems and their meteorological drivers are projected to increase through the century due to global climate change. Urban flood models are numerical models that have the capability of representing the features of urban ecosystems and the mechanisms of flooding that impact them. They have the potential to play a critical role in flood risk assessment, operational response, and resilience planning, but existing models remain limited in their capability to represent integrated flooding processes in urban areas and provide the credible quantitative information needed to support risk assessment and resilience practice. Research to advance model development, facilitate intensive watershed monitoring for model parameterization and validation, and support collaboration between researchers and practitioners should be prioritized. This will represent a substantial, expensive effort, but will still be of great value as cities are faced with urgent challenges posed by climate change in coming decades.https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001739FloodingNumerical ModelingUrban systemsResilienceActionable ScienceHydrology |
| spellingShingle | B. R. Rosenzweig P. Herreros Cantis Y. Kim A. Cohn K. Grove J. Brock J. Yesuf P. Mistry C. Welty T. McPhearson J. Sauer H. Chang The Value of Urban Flood Modeling Earth's Future Flooding Numerical Modeling Urban systems Resilience Actionable Science Hydrology |
| title | The Value of Urban Flood Modeling |
| title_full | The Value of Urban Flood Modeling |
| title_fullStr | The Value of Urban Flood Modeling |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Value of Urban Flood Modeling |
| title_short | The Value of Urban Flood Modeling |
| title_sort | value of urban flood modeling |
| topic | Flooding Numerical Modeling Urban systems Resilience Actionable Science Hydrology |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001739 |
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