Articles | Volume 22, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1519-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1519-2022
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04 May 2022
Research article |  | 04 May 2022

System vulnerability to flood events and risk assessment of railway systems based on national and river basin scales in China

Weihua Zhu, Kai Liu, Ming Wang, Philip J. Ward, and Elco E. Koks

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We present a simulation framework to analyse the system vulnerability and risk of the Chinese railway system to floods. To do so, we develop a method for generating flood events at both the national and river basin scale. Results show flood system vulnerability and risk of the railway system are spatially heterogeneous. The event-based approach shows how we can identify critical hotspots, taking the first steps in developing climate-resilient infrastructure.
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