Five Feet High and Rising : Cities and Flooding in the 21st Century

Jha, Abhas; Lamond, Jessica; Bloch, Robin; Bhattacharya, Namrata; Lopez, Ana; Papachristodoulou, Nikolaos; Bird, Alan; Proverbs, David; Davies, John; Barker, Robert

dc.creator	Jha, Abhas
dc.creator	Lamond, Jessica
dc.creator	Bloch, Robin
dc.creator	Bhattacharya, Namrata
dc.creator	Lopez, Ana
dc.creator	Papachristodoulou, Nikolaos
dc.creator	Bird, Alan
dc.creator	Proverbs, David
dc.creator	Davies, John
dc.creator	Barker, Robert
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:02:00Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:02:00Z
dc.date	2011-05-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:56:18Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:56:18Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110503095951
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3412
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244376
dc.description	Urban flooding is an increasingly important issue. Disaster statistics appear to show flood events are becoming more frequent, with medium-scale events increasing fastest. The impact of flooding is driven by a combination of natural and human-induced factors. As recent flood events in Pakistan, Brazil, Sri Lanka and Australia show, floods can occur in widespread locations and can sometimes overwhelm even the best prepared countries and cities. There are known and tested measures for urban flood risk management, typically classified as structural or engineered measures, and non-structural, management techniques. A combination of measures to form an integrated management approach is most likely to be successful in reducing flood risk. In the short term and for developing countries in particular, the factors affecting exposure and vulnerability are increasing at the fastest rate as urbanization puts more people and more assets at risk. In the longer term, however, climate scenarios are likely to be one of the most important drivers of future changes in flood risk. Due to the large uncertainties in projections of climate change, adaptation to the changing risk needs to be flexible to a wide range of future scenarios and to be able to cope with potentially large changes in sea level, rainfall intensity and snowmelt. Climate uncertainty and budgetary, institutional and practical constraints are likely to lead to a combining of structural and non-structural measures for urban flood risk management, and arguably, to a move away from what is sometimes an over-reliance on hard-engineered defenses and toward more adaptable and incremental non-structural solutions.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5648
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ADAPTATION
dc.subject	AEROSOLS
dc.subject	AFFECTED COUNTRY
dc.subject	AFFECTED PEOPLE
dc.subject	AFFECTED POPULATIONS
dc.subject	ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURE
dc.subject	ARTIFICIAL DRAINAGE
dc.subject	AVALANCHE
dc.subject	BASINS
dc.subject	CARBON MONOXIDE
dc.subject	CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
dc.subject	CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subject	CLASSIFICATION
dc.subject	CLIMATE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject	CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
dc.subject	CLIMATES
dc.subject	COAST
dc.subject	COASTAL AREAS
dc.subject	COASTAL EROSION
dc.subject	COASTAL STORMS
dc.subject	COASTS
dc.subject	CONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	CONTINGENCY PLANNING
dc.subject	CONTINGENCY PLANS
dc.subject	CONVEYANCE
dc.subject	CONVEYANCE SYSTEMS
dc.subject	CRED
dc.subject	CROPS
dc.subject	DAMAGES
dc.subject	DAMS
dc.subject	DATA SOURCES
dc.subject	DEATH RATES
dc.subject	DEVASTATION
dc.subject	DISASTER
dc.subject	DISASTER RECOVERY
dc.subject	DISASTER REDUCTION
dc.subject	DISASTER RISK
dc.subject	DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	DISCHARGE
dc.subject	DRAINAGE
dc.subject	DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
dc.subject	DROUGHT
dc.subject	DROUGHT EVENTS
dc.subject	DROUGHTS
dc.subject	DRY SPELLS
dc.subject	ECOSYSTEMS
dc.subject	EFFECT OF SEA LEVEL RISE
dc.subject	EFFECTS ON HEALTH
dc.subject	EMERGENCY PLANNING
dc.subject	EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DISASTERS
dc.subject	EVACUATION
dc.subject	EXTREME EVENTS
dc.subject	EXTREME PRECIPITATION
dc.subject	EXTREME RAINFALL
dc.subject	EXTREME RAINFALL EVENTS
dc.subject	EXTREME WEATHER
dc.subject	EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
dc.subject	FAMINE
dc.subject	FARMER
dc.subject	FIRE
dc.subject	FLOOD
dc.subject	FLOOD CONTROL
dc.subject	FLOOD DAMAGE
dc.subject	FLOOD DAMAGES
dc.subject	FLOOD DEFENSES
dc.subject	FLOOD EVENTS
dc.subject	FLOOD HAZARD
dc.subject	FLOOD INSURANCE
dc.subject	FLOOD LOSSES
dc.subject	FLOOD MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	FLOOD MITIGATION
dc.subject	FLOOD PLAINS
dc.subject	FLOOD PRONE AREAS
dc.subject	FLOOD RISK
dc.subject	FLOOD WATERS
dc.subject	FLOODING
dc.subject	FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	FLOODPLAINS
dc.subject	FLOODS
dc.subject	FLOODWATER
dc.subject	FLOODWATERS
dc.subject	FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject	FOREST
dc.subject	FUTURE ADAPTATION
dc.subject	GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
dc.subject	GLOBAL FACILITY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
dc.subject	GLOBAL MEAN PRECIPITATION
dc.subject	GROUND WATER
dc.subject	GROUNDWATER
dc.subject	HEAT
dc.subject	HEAT WAVE
dc.subject	HEAT WAVES
dc.subject	HOT AIR
dc.subject	HOUSING
dc.subject	HUMAN INTERVENTION
dc.subject	HURRICANE
dc.subject	HURRICANES
dc.subject	HYDROLOGY
dc.subject	INSURANCE
dc.subject	INSURANCE COMPANY
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
dc.subject	LAND COVER
dc.subject	LAND DEGRADATION
dc.subject	LAND SUBSIDENCE
dc.subject	LAND USE
dc.subject	LANDSLIDES
dc.subject	MEAN SEA LEVEL
dc.subject	METEOROLOGICAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE
dc.subject	NATURAL DISASTERS
dc.subject	NATURAL HAZARDS
dc.subject	PRECIPITATION
dc.subject	PREDICTABILITY
dc.subject	RAINFALL
dc.subject	RAINFALL EVENTS
dc.subject	RAINFALL RUNOFF
dc.subject	RECEIVING WATERS
dc.subject	RECONSTRUCTION
dc.subject	REGIONAL CHANGES
dc.subject	REGIONAL CLIMATE
dc.subject	REGIONAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
dc.subject	RESERVOIRS
dc.subject	RESIDENTIAL AREAS
dc.subject	RESTORATION
dc.subject	RISK ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	RISK REDUCTION
dc.subject	RIVER
dc.subject	RIVER DELTAS
dc.subject	RIVERINE
dc.subject	RUNOFF
dc.subject	SAFETY
dc.subject	SEA LEVEL RISE
dc.subject	SEARCH AND RESCUE
dc.subject	SEDIMENTS
dc.subject	SLUM
dc.subject	SLUMS
dc.subject	SPATIAL EXTENT
dc.subject	SPATIAL SCALE
dc.subject	STAGNANT WATER
dc.subject	STORM
dc.subject	STORM SEWERS
dc.subject	STORM SURGE
dc.subject	STORMS
dc.subject	STREAM
dc.subject	SUMMER HEAT WAVE
dc.subject	TROPICAL CYCLONE
dc.subject	TROPICAL PRECIPITATION
dc.subject	TROPICAL STORM
dc.subject	TYPHOON
dc.subject	URBAN HEAT
dc.subject	URBAN HEAT ISLANDS
dc.subject	VEGETATION
dc.subject	WARNING SYSTEMS
dc.subject	WATER HOLDING CAPACITY
dc.subject	WATERSHED
dc.subject	WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subject	WATERWAYS
dc.subject	WEATHER EVENT
dc.subject	WEATHER EXTREMES
dc.subject	WETLANDS
dc.title	Five Feet High and Rising : Cities and Flooding in the 21st Century
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	The World Region
dc.coverage	The World Region