Quantification of increased flood risk due to global climate change for urban river management planning

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2967-2974

  Morita, M ^a  

^a SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Flood inundation modelling; Flood risk assessment; Flood risk management

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE POTENTIAL; DAMAGE PREDICTION MODELS; DESIGN STORMS; FLOOD INUNDATION MODELLING; FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; FLOOD RISKS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; RAINFALL PATTERNS; RETURN PERIODS; RISK ASSESSMENT METHODS; RIVER BASINS; SYSTEM-BASED; TOKYO , JAPAN; URBAN FLOODS; URBAN RIVER;

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANNING; RAIN; RATING; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RIVER CONTROL; STORMS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

RIVER WATER; STORM WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; FUTURE PROSPECT; GIS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; JAPAN; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DISASTER PLANNING; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; URBANIZATION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANDA BASIN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 79959726125     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.172     Document Type: Article

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