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Is flooding in Toronto a concern?

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  • N. Nirupama
  • Costas Armenakis
  • Myriam Montpetit

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Toronto is the largest city in Canada with a population of about 5.5 million in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Being located at the shores of Lake Ontario of the Great Lakes, which is the largest surface freshwater system in the world, and affected by air masses originating from the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Arctic, the city is vulnerable to extreme weather phenomena in socioeconomic and geographical terms. This short paper gives a brief overview of the history of main flooding occurrences in Toronto with an emphasis on the recent flooding of July 2013. An analysis of causes and physical dynamics of the event is presented using the structure of the watersheds and weather systems in the region. Based on the flood risk vulnerability assessment carried out on the 2013 flooding, several weaknesses in critical infrastructure and critical facilities have been highlighted. Future considerations and recommendations include revisiting of the flood damage mitigation strategies (e.g., use of new and adaptive infrastructure designs, social media, crowd-sourcing information), flood zoning update, tax incentives, insurance options, and retrofitting solutions for those living in flood-prone areas. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

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  • N. Nirupama & Costas Armenakis & Myriam Montpetit, 2014. "Is flooding in Toronto a concern?," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 72(2), pages 1259-1264, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:72:y:2014:i:2:p:1259-1264
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-014-1054-2
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    1. Heather J. Murdock & Karin M. De Bruijn & Berry Gersonius, 2018. "Assessment of Critical Infrastructure Resilience to Flooding Using a Response Curve Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-22, September.
    2. Carolyn Mann & S. E. Wolfe, 2016. "Risk Perceptions and Terror Management Theory: Assessing Public Responses to Urban Flooding in Toronto, Canada," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 30(8), pages 2651-2670, June.
    3. Boyu Feng & Ying Zhang & Robin Bourke, 2021. "Urbanization impacts on flood risks based on urban growth data and coupled flood models," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 106(1), pages 613-627, March.
    4. Amin Owrangi & Robert Lannigan & Slobodan Simonovic, 2015. "Mapping climate change-caused health risk for integrated city resilience modeling," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 77(1), pages 67-88, May.

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