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City-scale digital twins for flood resilience

from Water Finance & Management

City-scale digital twins for flood resilience Water Finance & Management Climate change — due to its role in extreme weather events and rising seas — is exacerbating flood risks, especially in coastal and low-lying areas. At the same time, populations in flood zones and the coastal regions continue to increase — worsening an already deadly and costly situation. There are projections that by 2030, around half the people in the world will be living within 100 kilometers of a coastline. In response to these threats, cities are striving to improve their flood resilience with data-driven planning, development, and operations. Some cities are accomplishing this through the use of digital twins to improve the resilience of current infrastructure and to support ongoing development and future planning. READ MORE

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