critical insights into asset the exposure of, and direct and indirect impacts on, urban and rural entities. The flood impact … devastation and distress caused. It also highlights the heterogeneity of flood impacts and the potential to push the poor into a …

Flood damage assessments are often based on Stage-Damage Curve (SDC) models that estimate economic damage as a function … of flood characteristics, typically flood depths, and land use. SDCs are developed through site-specific analysis but … developed elsewhere, even if empirical damage reports are collected after every major flood event. In this paper we tested …