Data on surface water bodies like rivers, dams, reservoirs, and related  flow characteristics, along with assessments for water risks, stress, and flood risk. 

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The Aqueduct Global Flood Risk Maps measure river flood impacts by urban damage, affected GDP, and affected population at the country, state, and river basin scale across the globe, as well as 120 cities. The maps estimate current flood risk for a specific geographic unit, taking into account existing local flood-protection levels. They project future flood risk with 3 climate and socioeconomic change scenarios. For the current scenario, hydrological data from 1960 through 1999 were used for generating flood inundations for 9 return periods, from 2-year flood to 1,000-year flood, and 2010 GDP, population, and land use data for assessing flood impacts. For future projections, the following scenarios were used: 5 global climate models (GCMs) from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) projecting future flood inundations under 2 climate scenarios, Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 4.5 and RCP8.5, and projected socioeconomic changes using Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) 2 and SSP3, from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report 5. Resource Watch shows only a subset of the data set. For access to the full data set and additional information, see the Learn More link.  
  
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Aqueduct Global Flood Risk Maps

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2030 Scenario A Annual Affected GDP due to 10-Year Floods (US$, billion)

2030 Scenario B Annual Affected GDP due to 10-Year Floods (US$, billion)

2030 Scenario C Annual Affected GDP due to 10-Year Floods (US$, billion)

2010 Annual Affected GDP due to 10-Year Floods (US$, billion)

2010 Annual Affected GDP Due to 10-Year Floods (US$, billion)

2030 Scenario B Annual Affected GDP Due to 10-Year Floods (US$, billion)

2030 Scenario C Annual Affected GDP Due to 10-Year Floods (US$, billion)

2030 Scenario A Annual Affected GDP Due to 10-Year Floods (US$, billion)

Current and future river flood risk estimates in urban damage, affected GDP, and affected population by country, river basin, and state

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