Evaluating the impact and risk of pluvial flash flood on intra-urban road network: A case study in the city center of Shanghai, China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 537, Issue , 2016, Pages 138-145

  Yin, Jie ^a   Yu, Dapeng ^b   Yin, Zhane ^c   Liu, Min ^a   He, Qing ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Intra urban; Pluvial flash flood; Risk assessment; Road network; Shanghai

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOOD CONTROL; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; STORMS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

FLASH FLOOD; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY; INTENSITY DURATION FREQUENCIES; INTRA-URBAN; ROAD NETWORK; SHANGHAI; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR;

FLOODS;

ALGORITHM; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; OVERLAND FLOW; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINSTORM; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84962305217     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.03.037     Document Type: Article

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