Inequitable patterns of US flood risk in the Anthropocene

• Published in: Nature climate change Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 156 - 162
• Main Authors: Wing, Oliver E. J., Lehman, William, Bates, Paul D., Sampson, Christopher C., Quinn, Niall, Smith, Andrew M., Neal, Jeffrey C., Porter, Jeremy R., Kousky, Carolyn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.02.2022; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/106/242; 704/106/694/2739; 704/242; Anthropocene; Climate Change; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Climate models; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Environmental impact; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Environmental risk; Flood control; Flood mapping; Flood risk; Flooding; Floods; History; Mapping; Mitigation; Risk; United States > US

Current flood risk mapping, relying on historical observations, fails to account for increasing threat under climate change. Incorporating recent developments in inundation modelling, here we show a 26.4% (24.1–29.1%) increase in US flood risk by 2050 due to climate change alone under RCP4.5. Our na...