Drowning in Disease: Understanding Health Risks in a Changing Climate: An Exploratory Data Analysis into the Relationship Between Flood Disasters, Healthcare Systems and Communicable Diseases

Amidst ongoing climate change, communities worldwide face increasing frequency and severity of floods, which cause extensive destruction and pose significant health threats. Post-flood effects include drowning, injuries, and both communicable and non-communicable diseases, varying by context. This study addresses a critical knowledge gap by...

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...

Livelihood Capital Effects on Famers’ Strategy Choices in Flood-Prone Areas: A Study in Rural China

The global climate change has resulted in huge flood damages, which seriously hinders the sustainable development of rural economy and society and causes famers’ livelihood problems. In flood-prone areas, it is imperative to actively study short and long-term strategies and solve farmers’ livelihood problems accordingly. Following the...

Taming global flood disasters: lessons learned from Dutch experience

There is a growing international recognition that flood risk management in optima forma should be a programmed and flexible process of continuously improving management practices by active learning about the outcome of earlier and ongoing interventions and drivers of change. In the Netherlands, such a long-term, adaptive flood risk management...