This study analyses the increasing number of catastrophic floods in the Niger River Basin, focusing on the relation between long term hydro-climatic variability and flood risk over the last 40 to 100 years. Time series for three subregions (Guinean, Sahelian, Benue) show a general consistency between the annual maximum discharge (AMAX) and climatic decadal patterns in West Africa regarding both...

In the current study, a novel method is proposed to analyze simultaneous impacts of non-stationarity in hydrological time series and land-use changes urban areas predict future floods probable damage. For this purpose, rainfall frequency analyses were conducted for two periods (first: 1979–2009 second: 1979–2019), results compared. Then, hydrologic modeling catchment was carried out using HEC-H...

Risk-based governance is argued by many to hold out the promise of a more rational and efficient state, by making explicit the limitations of state interventions and focusing the finite resources on those targets where the probable damage is greatest. This paper, however, challenges the assumption that risk-based governance has the potential for universal and uniform application across develope...

Floods continue to pose a significant threat to the property and safety of human populations in the United States. The economic impact from floods is estimated in the billions of dollars annually, and these losses are exacerbated by increasing development. This article examines the impact of wetland alteration on flood damage among local jurisdictions in Florida over a 7-year period. Specifical...

There is growing concern that flooding is becoming more frequent and severe in Europe. A better understanding of flood regime changes and their drivers is therefore needed. The paper reviews the current knowledge on flood regime changes in European rivers that has traditionally been obtained through two alternative research approaches. The first approach is the data-based detection of changes i...

A problem exists in that the classifications used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency ~FEMA! for weather-related disasters do not always allow analysts to clearly link declared disasters to their ultimate meteorological cause. This research focuses on those disasters related to flooding resulting from tropical cyclones. Neither FEMA nor the states that request federal disaster aid distin...