The role of floods in urban environments
Floods are the natural hazard that affects the largest population in the World. In addition, the demographic evolution moves from a population majority located in rural areas to an urbanization and change towards the city. Many of the main European cities are located in fluvial plains of more or les...
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| Tipo de recurso: | capítulo de libro |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| Repositorio: | Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/715335 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10486/715335 https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62641-8_2 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Urban flooding Extreme rainfall Flood risk Fluvial geomorphology Nature-based solutions Geografía |
| Sumario: | Floods are the natural hazard that affects the largest population in the World. In addition, the demographic evolution moves from a population majority located in rural areas to an urbanization and change towards the city. Many of the main European cities are located in fluvial plains of more or less mighty rivers (Paris, Barcelona, Vienna, Budapest, etc.), which is why floods are evolving towards a more punctual affectation and not necessarily related to the river discharge, but by the pairing between the flow that is generated after torrential rainfall and the sealing of the soil creating greater runoff. This means that the potential risk for loss of life is much higher than it was just a few decades ago. In this chapter we analyze the evolution of urban flooding, and how the effects of large river floods have changed and which mitigation measures have been taking place, together with the demographic increase that has occurred in these populations in recent centuries |
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