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Flood Hazard Mitigation

Flood Hazard Mitigation is a strategic planning process within disaster risk reduction that specifically involves the implementation of long-term measures to reduce or eliminate the risk of flooding through structural and non-structural interventions aimed at minimizing vulnerability and exposure to flood hazards.

1.9K

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107K

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5.1K

Authors

1.8K

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2017–2026

946

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Flood Mitigation Planning

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Publications

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Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate

P. C. D. Milly, R. T. Wetherald, K. A. Dunne et al. · Nature · 2002 · 1.8K citations

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People at Risk of Flooding: Why Some Residents Take Precautionary Action While Others Do Not

Torsten Grothmann · Natural Hazards · 2006 · 1.3K citations

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Review article "Assessment of economic flood damage"

Bruno Merz, Heidi Kreibich, Reimund Schwarze et al. · Natural hazards and earth system sciences · 2010 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Increasing risk of compound flooding from storm surge and rainfall for major US cities

Thomas Wahl, Shaleen Jain, Jens Bender et al. · Nature Climate Change · 2015 · 1K citations

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Flood exposure and poverty in 188 countries

Jun Rentschler, Melda Salhab, Bramka Arga Jafino · Nature Communications · 2022 · 854 citations · Full text

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Authors

5.1K

  1. WJ
    W. J. Wouter Botzen

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    25 publications · 3.2K citations

    23

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  2. HK
    Heidi Kreibich

    GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany

    25 publications · 4.9K citations

    21

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  3. JC
    Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

    20 publications · 2.7K citations

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  4. AH
    Annegret H. Thieken

    University of Potsdam, Germany

    20 publications · 4.2K citations

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  5. TT
    Thomas Thaler

    BOKU University, Austria

    18 publications · 1.1K citations

    16

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Institutions

1.8K

  1. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    37 h-index

    116 publications

    13.7K citations

  2. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    30 h-index

    114 publications

    6.4K citations

  3. GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

    Potsdam, Germany

    29 h-index

    70 publications

    12.5K citations

  4. Deltares

    Delft, The Netherlands

    28 h-index

    76 publications

    5.6K citations

  5. Middlesex University

    London, United Kingdom

    26 h-index

    52 publications

    3.6K citations

  6. IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

    Delft, The Netherlands

    26 h-index

    100 publications

    6.2K citations

  7. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    25 h-index

    53 publications

    3.6K citations

  8. BOKU University

    Vienna, Austria

    24 h-index

    70 publications

    3.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Natural Hazards

    100 publications · 9.2K citations

    48

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  2. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

    88 publications · 5.6K citations

    45

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  3. Natural hazards and earth system sciences

    56 publications · 6.1K citations

    38

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  4. Journal of Flood Risk Management

    79 publications · 3.4K citations

    34

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  5. Water

    54 publications · 2K citations

    28

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