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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-1095-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-1095-2025
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11 Mar 2025
Research article |  | 11 Mar 2025

Modelling urban stormwater drainage overflows for assessing flood hazards: application to the urban area of Dakar (Senegal)

Laurent Pascal Malang Diémé, Christophe Bouvier, Ansoumana Bodian, and Alpha Sidibé

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We propose a decision support tool that detect the occurrence of flooding by drainage overflow, with sufficiently short calculation times. The simulations are based on a drainage topology on 5 m grids, incorporating changes to surface flows induced by urbanization. The method can be used for flood mapping in project mode and in real time. It applies to the present situation as well as to any scenario involving climate change or urban growth.
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