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William Mobley

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Rescue requests during large-scale urban flood disasters can be difficult to validate and prioritise. High-resolution aerial imagery is often unavailable or lacks the necessary geographic extent, making it difficult to obtain real-time information about where flooding is occur ...

Large, complex coastal regions often require a combination of interventions to lower the risk of flooding to an acceptable level. In practice, a limited number of strategies are considered and interdependencies between interventions are often simplified. This paper presents the M ...

Flood Risk Reduction System Optimization

Application to the Galveston Bay Area

The Galveston Bay Area is a densely populated area which is highly prone to flooding. In 2008, Hurricane Ike hit with a combination of storm surge, wind and rain. This led to an estimated 25 billion dollars in damage and nearly a hundred deaths. As a response to Hurricane Ike, se ...