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Aqueduct Global Flood Analyzer

Developed by: World Resources Institute Launched in 2015; Updated on a regular basis

Why Use the Tool CATEGORY Maximizing Water Benefits The Aqueduct Global Flood Analyzer is a web-based interactive platform which measures river flood impacts by urban dam- REGION age, a!ected GDP, and a!ected population by country, state, Developed for global usage river basins, and some cities. It aims to raise the awareness about flood risks and climate change impacts by providing FOREST LEVEL open access to global flood risk data free of charge. The All analyzer enables users to estimate current flood risk for a specific geographic unit, taking into account existing local SCALE flood protection levels. It also allows users to project future National, Sub-national, Municipality flood risks with three climate and socio-economic change scenarios in 2030, 2050 and 2080. RESOURCE TYPE Analysis Tool Recommended Tool EXPERTISE LEVEL All Cities4Forests recommends the Aqueduct Global Flood An- alyzer as it o#ers free analysis of river flood risks in a format OUTPUTS accessible to a wide variety of audiences. The tool is especially Analysis on affected GDP from floods under three useful for city o$cials as it now also includes city-level analysis climate scenarios to determine urban damage from flood risks.

LANGUAGE English Past Use Cases

COST Examples from around the world on the Aqueduct blog. Free

CONTACT Supporting Partners Tianyi Luo, WRI Senior Manager: [email protected] Delft University of Technology, Deltares, Utrecht University, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), PBL Netherlands Environmental Agency, and RepRisk

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