Urban flood resilience issue published by The Royal Society

Published By GOV.UK [English], Tue, Apr 27, 2021 5:25 AM


The Royal Society have published an issue of philosophical transactions on urban flood resilience.

This issue compiles a series of scientific articles demonstrating developments in:

understanding the changing drivers of flooding

flood modelling

multifunctional infrastructure and their benefits

social, community and economic interaction with flood management interventions

effectiveness of flood recovery responses

Flood infrastructure, which is resilient to climate change and increasing urbanisation is a global challenge. International examples have been used to demonstrate how countries are becoming more resilient.

The issue can be accessed on The Royal Society website

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