Community Flood Resilience Categorization Framework

Coupled with climate change, the expansive developments of urban areas are causing a significant increase in flood-related disasters worldwide. However, most flood risk analysis and categorization efforts have been focused on the hydrologic features of flood hazards (e.g., inundation depth, extent, and duration), rarely considering the resulting long-term losses and recovery time (i.e., the community's flood resilience). This paper aims at...