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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2829-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2829-2021
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16 Sep 2021
Research article |  | 16 Sep 2021

Global flood exposure from different sized rivers

Mark V. Bernhofen, Mark A. Trigg, P. Andrew Sleigh, Christopher C. Sampson, and Andrew M. Smith

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The use of different global datasets to calculate flood exposure can lead to differences in global flood exposure estimates. In this study, we use three global population datasets and a simple measure of a river’s flood susceptibility (based on the terrain alone) to explore how the choice of population data and the size of river represented in global flood models affect global and national flood exposure estimates.
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