Sentences with phrase «urban flooding»

Professor Slobodan Djordjevic, University of Exeter - High resolution modelling of urban flooding event.
On the Irene front, it's worth reading a post by Benjamin Strauss, a scientist at Climate Central, on just how close New York City came — within one inch, by Strauss's reckoning — to costly urban flooding.
They are: cloudburst events (2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), prolonged droughts (1999 - 2002), historic river flooding (2010), tropical cyclones (1999, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011), severe urban flooding (2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), heatwaves in spring (2006, 2007, 2010), snowmelt flooding (2005, 2007, 2010) and drought at sowing stage (2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011).
Urbanization creates large areas of impervious surfaces (such as roads, pavement, parking lots, and buildings) that increased immediate runoff, and heavy downpours can exceed the capacity of storm drains and cause urban flooding.
There have been some successes in attempts to provide such solutions, notably in integrated management of the Hai River in China, strengthening of the new Mexico Metropolitan Organization for urban flooding drainage, the joint adaptation project of European and Andean countries and providing a hydrological information system for the transboundary Congo river.
Even as Frederick Law Olmsted's landscape designs continue to naturally ease urban flooding and improve air and water quality on our cities, just as he imagined they would, few urban dwellers see his works as anything more than ornamental wonders and respite from the harder urban world.
They absorb water, helping to mitigate and manage urban flooding, and make our increasingly hot cities that bit cooler.
And sea level rise is one of the most conclusive impacts of climate change that can lead to more urban flooding in coastal areas, as well as extreme precipitation events.
Moreover, these communities are often subjected to urban flooding resulting from inadequate stormwater management or, worse still, infrastructure that combines stormwater with sewage overflows inundating people's homes and presenting risks to both health and property.
In the Midwest, NRDC is working closely with the City of Chicago, Cook County, DuPage County, and the State of Illinois to develop strategies for dealing with the growing problem of urban flooding.
Urban flooding can be caused by short - duration very heavy precipitation.
«Coastal communities are beginning to experience sunny - day nuisance or urban flooding, much more so than in decades past.
Since IFM is essentially a dynamic notion, the perception presented in this third revised edition also includes a number of emerging issues, such as risk management, urban floods, climate variability and change, and adaptive management.
This analytical report takes as given the existence, probable course, and projected effects of climate change and explores the question: «How does one adapt the management of urban floods to the likely effects of climate change?»
Although some areas are at particular risk, urban flooding could be a problem in any settlement where drainage infrastructures are inadequate, especially where informal settlement areas lack urban services and adaptive capacities.
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