Review on technological interventions to enhance flood resilience in the built environment

Abstract

Floods are among the most common and destructive natural disasters worldwide, posing a substantial threat to the built environment and its socioeconomic stability. As climate change contributes to flood hazards, improving disaster resilience through technical means has become increasingly important. This paper aims to investigate the technological interventions that improve flood resilience in the built environment. Using a comprehensive literature review, the study investigates cutting-edge technologies such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS), the Internet of Things (IoT), Smart Sensors, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Digital Twin (DT) highlighting their contribution to flood resilience in the built environment by improving risk assessment, enhancing early warning systems, facilitating real time monitoring, and supporting resilient planning and design strategies that enhance flood resilience in the built environment. To create a more resilient built environment, the paper concludes with recommendations for combining technology adoption with practice and policy.