About this Research Topic
At the same time, at local scale it is crucial to comprehend the involved processes to quantify the effects of coastal flooding on both urbanised and natural coastal areas. This allows to envision innovative approaches to mitigate associated hazards and enhance their assessment. Such studies are also essential for governments and regulatory bodies to understand how to address these issues, as well as to update and improve current design codes and guidelines.
The goal of this Research Topic is to disseminate better knowledge on the physical processes occurring during coastal flooding, as well as to facilitate the development of more effective engineering strategies that could be used worldwide to reduce risk and damages caused by coastal flooding events.
The scope of this Research Topic is to mainly focus on the evaluation of coastal flooding and strategies to mitigate their risk for, and not limited to:
- Extreme coastal events and inland inundations;
- Debris transport and accumulation;
- Pollutant transport during flood events;
- Impact of floods on structures, individuals, and/or natural habitats;
- Flooding in enclosed spaces e.g., pressurised waterways, subway stations, densely built environments.
Keywords: Coastal flooding, extreme events, risk mitigation, debris transport, flow-structure interaction, flow impact on people, flood-transported pollutants
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