Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 21, issue 10
Articles | Volume 21, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2921-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2921-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 21, issue 10
Research article
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30 Sep 2021
Research article |  | 30 Sep 2021

Global riverine flood risk – how do hydrogeomorphic floodplain maps compare to flood hazard maps?

Sara Lindersson, Luigia Brandimarte, Johanna Mård, and Giuliano Di Baldassarre

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Short summary
Riverine flood risk assessments require the identification of areas prone to potential flooding. We find that (topography-based) hydrogeomorphic floodplain maps can in many cases be useful for riverine flood risk assessments, particularly where hydrologic data are scarce. For 26 countries across the global south, we also demonstrate how dataset choice influences the estimated number of people living within flood-prone zones.
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