Description:

Hundreds of millions of people are at increasing risk to life- and property-threatening flooding, as the necessary infrastructure to move water is not always keeping pace with modern urban, suburban, and rural development.  With this in mind, the need for highly detailed inundation mapping and messaging is greater than ever.  

This session will explore the state of the science, data, mapping, and messaging efforts for flood inundation of all sorts - including coastal inundation from sea water, inland inundation from lakes, rivers, and tributaries, urban inundation from interconnected drainage and pumping systems, and rural inundation from agricultural land use. We also encourage submissions that connect inundation mapping studies with local communities and stakeholders.