scholarly journals Framework for assessing the performance of flood adaptation innovations using a risk-based approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (S2) ◽  
pp. e12485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kasper T. Lendering ◽  
Antonia Sebastian ◽  
Sebastiaan N. Jonkman ◽  
Matthijs Kok
Keyword(s):  
Flood Adaptation

scholarly journals Coastal and river flood risk analyses for guiding economically optimal flood adaptation policies: a country-scale study for Mexico

2018 ◽  
Vol 376 (2121) ◽  
pp. 20170329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toon Haer ◽  
W. J. Wouter Botzen ◽  
Vincent van Roomen ◽  
Harry Connor ◽  
Jorge Zavala-Hidalgo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Flood Protection ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Flood Adaptation

Many countries around the world face increasing impacts from flooding due to socio-economic development in flood-prone areas, which may be enhanced in intensity and frequency as a result of climate change. With increasing flood risk, it is becoming more important to be able to assess the costs and benefits of adaptation strategies. To guide the design of such strategies, policy makers need tools to prioritize where adaptation is needed and how much adaptation funds are required. In this country-scale study, we show how flood risk analyses can be used in cost–benefit analyses to prioritize investments in flood adaptation strategies in Mexico under future climate scenarios. Moreover, given the often limited availability of detailed local data for such analyses, we show how state-of-the-art global data and flood risk assessment models can be applied for a detailed assessment of optimal flood-protection strategies. Our results show that especially states along the Gulf of Mexico have considerable economic benefits from investments in adaptation that limit risks from both river and coastal floods, and that increased flood-protection standards are economically beneficial for many Mexican states. We discuss the sensitivity of our results to modelling uncertainties, the transferability of our modelling approach and policy implications. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Advances in risk assessment for climate change adaptation policy’.

scholarly journals Hard or soft flood adaptation? Advantages of a hybrid strategy for Shanghai

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 102037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiqiang Du ◽  
Paolo Scussolini ◽  
Philip J. Ward ◽  
Min Zhang ◽  
Jiahong Wen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid Strategy ◽  
Flood Adaptation

scholarly journals An agent-based model for community flood adaptation under uncertain sea-level rise

2020 ◽  
Vol 162 (4) ◽  
pp. 2257-2276
Author(s):  
Yu Han ◽  
Kevin Ash ◽  
Liang Mao ◽  
Zhong-Ren Peng
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Agent Based Model ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Flood Adaptation

scholarly journals Development and validation of five behavioral indices of flood adaptation

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Valois ◽  
Maxime Caron ◽  
Anne-Sophie Gousse-Lessard ◽  
Denis Talbot ◽  
Jean-Sébastien Renaud
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Indices ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Flood Adaptation
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