Urban flood resilience issue published by The Royal Society

The Royal Society have published an issue of philosophical transactions on urban flood resilience.

This issue compiles a series of scientific articles demonstrating developments in:

• understanding the changing drivers of flooding
• flood modelling
• multifunctional infrastructure and their benefits
• social, community and economic interaction with flood management interventions
• effectiveness of flood recovery responses

Flood infrastructure, which is resilient to climate change and increasing urbanisation is a global challenge. International examples have been used to demonstrate how countries are becoming more resilient.

The issue can be accessed on The Royal Society website