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Urban Flooding

Urban Flooding is a hydrological phenomenon characterized by the inundation of urban areas due to the overflow, pooling, or accumulation of stormwater or surface runoff that exceeds the conveyance capacity of urban drainage systems, distinguished from rural flooding by its interaction with impervious surfaces, dense infrastructure, and engineered drainage networks.

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Flood risk and climate change: global and regional perspectives

Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Shinjiro Kanae, Sonia I. Seneviratne et al. · Hydrological Sciences Journal · 2013 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Urbanization exacerbated the rainfall and flooding caused by hurricane Harvey in Houston

Wei Zhang, Gabriele Villarini, Gabriel A. Vecchi et al. · Nature · 2018 · 682 citations

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Urbanization and climate change impacts on future urban flooding in Can Tho city, Vietnam

H. T. L. Huong, Assela Pathirana · Hydrology and earth system sciences · 2013 · 616 citations · Full text

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The changing nature of flooding across the central United States

Iman Mallakpour, Gabriele Villarini · Nature Climate Change · 2015 · 612 citations

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The effect of urbanization on floods of different recurrence interval

G. E. Hollis · Water Resources Research · 1975 · 573 citations

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  1. EM
    Emmanuel Mignot

    Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides et d'Acoustique, France

    11 publications · 686 citations

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  2. BD
    Benjamin Dewals

    University of Liège, Belgium

    10 publications · 497 citations

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  3. OM
    Ole Mark

    DHI, Denmark

    9 publications · 1K citations

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  4. SE
    Sébastien Erpicum

    University of Liège, Belgium

    9 publications · 389 citations

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  5. PA
    Pierre Archambeau

    University of Liège, Belgium

    9 publications · 389 citations

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Institutions

872

  1. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    18 h-index

    45 publications

    2K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    17 h-index

    54 publications

    2.3K citations

  3. China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research

    Beijing, China

    16 h-index

    62 publications

    3.9K citations

  4. Sun Yat-sen University

    Guangzhou, China

    15 h-index

    51 publications

    3.4K citations

  5. Wuhan University

    Wuhan, China

    15 h-index

    46 publications

    2.3K citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    26 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon

    Lyon, France

    14 h-index

    25 publications

    885 citations

  8. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    23 publications

    3.4K citations

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  1. Journal of Hydrology

    39 publications · 4.5K citations

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  2. Water

    61 publications · 2.9K citations

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  3. Natural Hazards

    26 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. Sustainability

    28 publications · 843 citations

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  5. Water Science & Technology

    23 publications · 710 citations

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