Abstract
There is an increasing need for strategic global assessments of flood risks in current and future conditions. In this paper, we propose a framework for global flood risk assessment for river floods, which can be applied in current conditions, as well as in future conditions due to climate and socio-economic changes. The framework's goal is to establish flood hazard and impact estimates at a high enough resolution to allow for their combination into a risk estimate, which can be used for strategic global flood risk assessments. The framework estimates hazard at a resolution of ∼ 1 km
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1871-1892 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Hydrology and Earth System Sciences |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 21 Aug 2012 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 May 2013 |
Bibliographical note
First published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions (issn1812-2108) 9 (2012), p. 9611-9659