Global Flood Hazard

Contributors vii

Preface xi

1 The Need for Mapping, Modeling, and Predicting Flood Hazard and Risk at the Global Scale
Philip J. Ward, Erin Coughlan de Perez, Francesco Dottori, Brenden Jongman, Tianyi Luo, Sahar Safaie, and Steffi Uhlemann-Elmer 1

Part I: Flood Hazard Mapping and Modeling from Remote Sensing

2 Rainfall Information for Global Flood Modeling
Daniel B. Wright 19

3 Flood Risk Mapping From Orbital Remote Sensing
G. Robert Brakenridge 43

4 Flood Mapping Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Sensors From Local to Global Scales
Antara Dasgupta, Stefania Grimaldi, RAAJ Ramsankaran, Valentijn R. N. Pauwels, Jeffrey P. Walker, Marco Chini, Renaud Hostache, and Patrick Matgen 55

5 Flood Hazard Mapping in Data-Scarce Areas: An Application Example of Regional Versus Physically Based Approaches for Design Flood Estimation
Kun Yan, Giuliano Di Baldassarre, and Florian Pappenberger 79

6 Global Flood Monitoring Using Satellite Precipitation and Hydrological Modeling
Huan Wu, Guojun Gu, Yan Yan, Zhen Gao, and Robert F. Adler 87

7 Flood Hazard Mapping for the Humanitarian Sector: An Opinion Piece on Needs and Views
Kashif Rashid 115

Part II: Flood Hazard Modeling and Forecasting

8 Modeling and Mapping of Global Flood Hazard Layers
Andrew Smith, Christopher Sampson, Jefferey Neal, Paul D. Bates, Mark Trigg, Jim Freer, Rob Porter, Melanie Kappes, Alanna Simpson, Brenden Jongman, and Kris Johnson 133

9 Estimating Change in Flooding for the 21st Century Under a Conservative RCP Forcing: A Global Hydrological Modeling Assessment
Albert J. Kettner, Sagy Cohen, Irina Overeem, Balazs M. Fekete, G. Robert Brakenridge, and James P. M. Syvitski 157

10 From Precipitation to Damage: A Coupled Model Chain for Spatially Coherent, Large-Scale Flood Risk Assessment
Bruno Merz, Heiko Apel, Dung Nguyen, Daniela Falter, Bjoern Guse, Yeshewatesfa Hundecha, Heidi Kreibich, Kai Schroeter, and Sergiy Vorogushyn 169

11 Global Flood Risk Modeling and Projections of Climate Change Impacts
Dai Yamazaki, Satoshi Watanabe, and Yukiko Hirabayashi 185

12 Global Flood Forecasting for Averting Disasters Worldwide
F. A. Hirpa, Florian Pappenberger, L. Arnal, C. A. Baugh, H. L. Cloke, E. Dutra, R. E. Emerton, B. Revilla-Romero, Peter Salamon, P. J. Smith, E. Stephens, F. Wetterhall, E. Zsoter, and J. Thielen-del Pozo 205

13 Data Assimilation and River Hydrodynamic Modeling Over Large Scales
Konstantinos M. Andreadis 229

14 Global Flood Hazard Mapping, Modeling, and Forecasting: Challenges and Perspectives
Guy Schumann, Paul D. Bates, Heiko Apel, and Giuseppe T. Aronica 239

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