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  • A social-ecological-technological systems framework for urban ecosystem services 
    McPhearson, Timon; Cook, Elizabeth M.; Berbés-Blázquez, Marta; Cheng, Chingwen; Grimm, Nancy B.; Andersson, Erik; Barbosa, Olga; Chandler, David G.; Chang, Heejun; Chester, Mikhail V.; Childers, Daniel L.; Elser, Stephen R.; Frantzeskaki, Niki; Grabowski, Zbigniew; Groffman, Peter; Hale, Rebecca L.; Iwaniec, David M.; Kabisch, Nadja; Kennedy, Christopher; Markolf, Samuel A.; Matsler, A. Marissa; McPhillips, Lauren E.; Miller, Thaddeus R.; Muñoz-Erickson, Tischa A.; Rosi, Emma; Troxler, Tiffany G. (Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2022)
    As rates of urbanization and climatic change soar, decision-makers are increasingly challenged to provide innovative solutions that simultaneously address climate-change impacts and risks and inclusively ensure quality of ...
  • The potential of open-access data for flood estimations: uncovering inundation hotspots in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, through a normalized flood severity index 
    Scheiber, Leon; Jalloul, Mazen Hoballah; Jordan, Christian; Visscher, Jan; Nguyen, Hong Quan; Schlurmann, Torsten (Katlenburg-Lindau : European Geophysical Society, 2023)
    Hydro-numerical models are increasingly important to determine the adequacy and evaluate the effectiveness of potential flood protection measures. However, a significant obstacle in setting up hydro-numerical and associated ...
  • Urban flood regulating ecosystem services under climate change: how can Nature-based Solutions contribute? 
    Wübbelmann, Thea; Förster, Kristian; Bouwer, Laurens M.; Dworczyk, Claudia; Bender, Steffen; Burkhard, Benjamin (Lausanne : Frontiers Media, 2023)
    Urban areas are mostly highly sealed spaces, which often leads to large proportions of surface runoff. At the same time, heavy rainfall events are projected to increase in frequency and intensity with anthropogenic climate ...