An integrated modeling approach to evaluate the impacts of nature-based solutions of flood mitigation across a small watershed in the southeast United States

Guido, Betina I.; Popescu, Ioana; Samadi, Vidya; Bhattacharya, Biswa

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-2663-2023

Articles | Volume 23, issue 7

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Advances in pluvial and fluvial flood forecasting and assessment...

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Research article

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28 Jul 2023

Research article |

| 28 Jul 2023

An integrated modeling approach to evaluate the impacts of nature-based solutions of flood mitigation across a small watershed in the southeast United States

Betina I. Guido, Ioana Popescu, Vidya Samadi, and Biswa Bhattacharya

Data sets

Multi-Reolution Land Characteistics Consortium viewer MRLC https://www.mrlc.gov/viewer/

Web Soil Survey USDA – NRCS https://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/WebSoilSurvey.aspx

Short summary

We used an integrated model to evaluate the impacts of nature-based solutions (NBSs) on flood mitigation across the Little Pee Dee and Lumber River watershed, the Carolinas, US. This area is strongly affected by climatic disasters, which are expected to increase due to climate change and urbanization, so exploring an NBS approach is crucial for adapting to future alterations. Our research found that NBSs can have visible effects on the reduction in hurricane-driven flooding.