TY - JOUR
T1 - Framework for economic pluvial flood risk assessment considering climate change effects and adaptation benefits
AU - Zhou, Qianqian
AU - Mikkelsen, Peter Steen
AU - Halsnæs, Kirsten
AU - Arnbjerg-Nielsen, Karsten
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Climate change is likely to affect the water cycle by influencing the precipitation patterns. It is important to integrate the anticipated changes into the design of urban drainage in response to the increased risk level in cities. This paper presents a pluvial flood risk assessment framework to identify and assess adaptation options in the urban context. An integrated approach is adopted by incorporating climate change impact assessment, flood inundation modeling, economic tool, and risk assessment, hereby developing a step-by-step process for cost-benefit assessment of climate change adaptation measures. A Danish case study indicates that the introduced framework presented in the paper can be considered as an important decision support tool that can supplement and further develop existing decision practices in relation to urban drainage
AB - Climate change is likely to affect the water cycle by influencing the precipitation patterns. It is important to integrate the anticipated changes into the design of urban drainage in response to the increased risk level in cities. This paper presents a pluvial flood risk assessment framework to identify and assess adaptation options in the urban context. An integrated approach is adopted by incorporating climate change impact assessment, flood inundation modeling, economic tool, and risk assessment, hereby developing a step-by-step process for cost-benefit assessment of climate change adaptation measures. A Danish case study indicates that the introduced framework presented in the paper can be considered as an important decision support tool that can supplement and further develop existing decision practices in relation to urban drainage
KW - Hazard
KW - Flood risk assessment
KW - Economic tools
KW - Urban drainage design
KW - Climate change adaptation
KW - Vulnerability
U2 - 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.11.031
DO - 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.11.031
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0022-1694
VL - 414-415
SP - 539
EP - 549
JO - Journal of Hydrology
JF - Journal of Hydrology
ER -