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Flood Damage Reduction

Flood Damage Reduction is a floodplain management strategy that distinguishes itself by focusing on minimizing the adverse impacts of flooding on human, economic, and environmental systems through structural and non-structural interventions.

856

Publications

45.5K

Citations

2.4K

Authors

895

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

339

Variants

Flood Loss Reduction

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Publications

856

Global Perspectives on Loss of Human Life Caused by Floods

Sebastiaan N. Jonkman · Natural Hazards · 2005 · 956 citations

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Socioeconomic Vulnerability and Adaptation to Environmental Risk: A Case Study of Climate Change and Flooding in Bangladesh

Roy Brouwer, Sonia Akter, Luke Brander et al. · Risk Analysis · 2007 · 628 citations · Full text

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Evaluating Flood Resilience Strategies for Coastal Megacities

Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts, W. J. Wouter Botzen, Kerry Emanuel et al. · Science · 2014 · 626 citations · Full text

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Global evidence that deforestation amplifies flood risk and severity in the developing world

Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Navjot S. Sodhi, Kelvin S.‐H. Peh et al. · Global Change Biology · 2007 · 623 citations · Full text

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A Theory on Urban Resilience to Floods--A Basis for Alternative Planning Practices

Kuei‐Hsien Liao · Ecology and Society · 2012 · 525 citations · Full text

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Authors

2.4K

  1. HK
    Heidi Kreibich

    GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany

    18 publications · 2.4K citations

    16

    h-index

  2. SD
    Samuel D. Brody

    Texas A&M University, United States

    17 publications · 1.3K citations

    16

    h-index

  3. WE
    Wesley E. Highfield

    Texas A&M University at Galveston, United States

    15 publications · 1.1K citations

    15

    h-index

  4. WJ
    W. J. Wouter Botzen

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    13 publications · 2K citations

    12

    h-index

  5. JC
    Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    12 publications · 2.5K citations

    12

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1–5 of 2.4K

Institutions

895

  1. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    25 h-index

    74 publications

    12.7K citations

  2. GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

    Potsdam, Germany

    18 h-index

    58 publications

    9K citations

  3. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    17 h-index

    40 publications

    4.5K citations

  4. IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

    Delft, The Netherlands

    17 h-index

    44 publications

    4.1K citations

  5. Deltares

    Delft, The Netherlands

    14 h-index

    33 publications

    3K citations

  6. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    14 h-index

    39 publications

    3.9K citations

  7. Texas A&M University at Galveston

    Galveston, United States

    12 h-index

    25 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. Middlesex University

    London, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    26 publications

    1.8K citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

    34 publications · 1.6K citations

    23

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  2. Journal of Flood Risk Management

    36 publications · 1.3K citations

    23

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  3. Natural Hazards

    26 publications · 2.3K citations

    21

    h-index

  4. Natural hazards and earth system sciences

    23 publications · 2.5K citations

    21

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  5. Water

    27 publications · 969 citations

    19

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