A high-resolution global flood hazard model

Floods are a natural hazard that affect communities worldwide, but to date the vast majority of flood hazard research and mapping has been undertaken by wealthy developed nations. As populations and economies have grown across the developing world, so too has demand from governments, businesses, and NGOs for modeled flood hazard data in these data-scarce regions. We identify six key challenges faced when developing a flood hazard model that can be applied globally and present a framework methodology that leverages recent cross-disciplinary advances to tackle each challenge. The model produces return period flood hazard maps at ∼90 m resolution for the whole terrestrial land surface between 56°S and 60°N, and…

• SR
  Sight Research UK

  Awards: NE/M007766/1, NE/K00882X/1
• UO
  University of Bristol
• NE
  Natural Environment Research Council

  Awards: NE/M007766/1, NE/K00882X/1