Growing compound-flood risk, driven by both climate change and land subsidence, challenges flood risk reduction in major delta cities
Min Zhang, Robert J. Nicholls, Jiahong Wen, Amir AghaKouchak, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Stephen E. Darby, Shiqiang Du, Zhijun Dai
Topics & Concepts
Flood mythClimate changeBaseline (sea)Environmental scienceSubsidenceDeltaFlooding (psychology)Storm surgeWater resource managementStormLand useRiver floodSea level riseLand use, land-use change and forestryFlash floodTropical cycloneGeographyCoastal floodClimatologyClimate change adaptationFlood risk managementFlood controlEnvironmental resource managementHydrology (agriculture)Sea levelRiver deltaGlobal warmingEffects of global warmingEnvironmental protectionFloodplainFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementTropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics