Comparison of Compact and Decentralized Urban Development Pathways for Flood Mitigation in Urbanizing Deltas: Guangzhou in the Pearl River Delta as a Case Study

Floods are common and inevitable natural disasters. Achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11.5 is a critical challenge for coastal cities, especially those in deltaic lowlands such as in the case of Guangzhou, China. Regarding the spatial planning and design of such urban regions, it is crucial to study the impacts of flooding in compact or...