Climate change impact assessment on urban rainfall extremes and urban drainage: methods and shortcomings Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to flooding because of rapid urbanization, installation of complex infrastructure, and changes in the precipitation patterns caused by anthropogenic climate change. The present paper provides a critical review of the current state-of-the-art methods for assessing the impacts of climate change on precipitation at the urban catchment scale. Downscaling of results from global circulation models or ...