Urban flood resilience in a warming world: Evaluating global practices in smart and nature-based solutions

作者：Jiacheng Zhu, Madhab Rijal, Pingping Luo, Huaibao Jiang, Jiachao Chen, Ghorbal Mohammed, Meimei Zhou, Jiqiang Lyu, Khai Lin Chong, Apip, Ahmed Elbeltagi · 发表于：City and Environment Interactions · 年份：2026 · DOI：10.1016/j.cacint.2026.100309 · 被引用次数：2 · 研究领域：Flood Risk Assessment and Management、Urban Stormwater Management Solutions、Smart Cities and Technologies

• Hybrid smart-tech and nature-based solutions offer the most effective flood resilience. • Flood challenges are region-specific: aging infrastructure vs. rapid urbanization. • Advanced technologies enhance forecasting but must be integrated with green infrastructure. • Governance and cross-border collaboration are as critical as engineering solutions. • A paradigm shift toward adaptive, data-informed policy is essential for future resilience. Urban flooding, intensified by climate change and rapid urbanization, presents a critical challenge to global resilience. Current approaches often operate in silos, with a significant gap in the comparative and integrated assessment of smart-technology versus nature-based solution (NbS) strategies across diverse global contexts. This study addresses this gap through a systematic analysis of urban flood management in selected cities from China, the USA, Europe, and Southeast Asia, chosen to represent varied climates, topographies, and development levels. Our findings reveal distinct regional paradigms: Chinese cities exemplify a rapid, engineering-focused evolution; US cities grapple with aging infrastructure and coastal threats; European cities demonstrate advanced basin-wide governance; and Southeast Asian cities face challenges of infrastructure adequacy and transboundary coordination. Crucially, the analysis demonstrates that the most effective and resilient outcomes emerge from hybrid strategies that synergistically combine smart te...