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March 29, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Assessing the sensitivity of pluvial flood modelling to the topographic description of Urban Areas

MAMarzia AcquilinoIGIlaria GneccoGBGiorgio Boni

Key Points

  • The central aim is to evaluate how changes in topographic detail affect the accuracy of pluvial flood models.
  • Conduct a case study in a neighbourhood in Genoa
  • Analyze flood models at varying levels of topographic detail
  • Compare model outputs with recorded pluvial flooding events
  • Findings indicate strong sensitivity of flood models to topographic inputs
  • Increased detail in topographic description improves model accuracy
  • Frequent pluvial flooding cases correspond with model predictions based on refined inputs

Abstract

As the effects of climate change continue to unfold, pluvial flooding has become a significant concern. While the development of complex models for simulating pluvial flooding events has advanced, challenges related to input data persist. In this research we want to assess the sensitivity of flood models to the level of detail in the description of the topography at small scales. The case study presented below examines a portion of a neighbourhood in Genoa, where cases of pluvial flooding are frequently reported.

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Acquilino et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c8c35cde0f0f753b39e1achttps://doi.org/10.71573/6mdvks23
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