A GIS-supported impact assessment of the hierarchical flood-defense systems on the plain areas of the Taihu Basin, China

A GIS-supported impact assessment of the hierarchical flood-defense systems on the plain areas of the Taihu Basin, China Chaoqing Yu a , Xiaotao Cheng b , Jim Hall c , Edward P. Evans d , Yanyan Wang c , Changwei Hu b , Haoyun Wu e , Jon Wicks f , Mathew Scott f , Haitao Sun e , Jing Wang b , Minglei Ren b & Zongxue Xu g a The Center for Earth System Science and the Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China b China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), Beijing, PR China c School of Geography and the Environment, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University, Oxford, UK d School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK e The Taihu Basin Authority, Shanghai, PR China f Halcrow Group Limited, Swindon, UK g College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, PR China