Title |
Influence of solid waste and topography on urban floods: The case of Mexico City
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Published in |
Ambio, February 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/s13280-018-1023-1 |
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Authors |
Luis Zambrano, Rodrigo Pacheco-Muñoz, Tania Fernández |
Abstract |
Floods in cities are increasingly common as a consequence of multifactor watershed dynamics, including geomorphology, land-use changes and land subsidence. However, urban managers have focused on infrastructure to address floods by reducing blocked sewage infrastructure, without significant success. Using Mexico City as a case study, we generated a spatial flood risk model with geomorphology and anthropogenic variables. The results helped contrast the implications of different public policies in land use and waste disposal, and correlating them with flood hazards. Waste disposal was only related to small floods. 58% of the city has a high risk of experiencing small floods, and 24% of the city has a risk for large floods. Half of the population with the lowest income is located in the high-risk areas for large floods. These models are easy to build, generate fast results and are able to help to flood policies, by understanding flood interactions in urban areas within the watershed. |
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Unknown | 36 | 37% |