Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 20, issue 12
Articles | Volume 20, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-3485-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-3485-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 12
Research article
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17 Dec 2020
Research article |  | 17 Dec 2020

Dynamic maps of human exposure to floods based on mobile phone data

Matteo Balistrocchi, Rodolfo Metulini, Maurizio Carpita, and Roberto Ranzi

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Flood risk is an increasing threat to urban communities and their strategical assets worldwide. Non-structural practices, such as emergency management plans, can be effective in order to decrease the flood risk in strongly urbanized areas. Mobile phone data provide reliable estimates of the spatiotemporal variability in people exposed to flooding, thus enhancing the preparedness of stakeholders involved in flood risk management. Further, practical advantages emerge with respect to crowdsourcing.
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