Institute of Geo-Hydroinformatics, Hamburg University of Technology, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University Hub on Engineering to Face Climate Change at the Hamburg University of Technology, 21073 Hamburg, Germany
In this study we address risk to pluvial floods by following the risk definition of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), developed in co-operation with stakeholders of the city of Hamburg. We identify buildings in urban areas where residents face higher flood risk due to greater social vulnerability, increased exposure, or elevated flood hazard. We present the development and application of a Python-based ArcGIS toolbox for estimating pluvial flood risk at building scale.
In this study we address risk to pluvial floods by following the risk definition of the...