Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to in New York (Greater)
New York (Greater): Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to was 0.1478 Percentage of built-up area in 2022. ▲ Rising
Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to in New York (Greater), 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of built-up area.
Analysis
In 2022, coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in New York (Greater) stood at 0.1478 Percentage of built-up area.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in New York (Greater) peaked at 0.1536 Percentage of built-up area in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.1379 Percentage of built-up area, in 2000.
New York (Greater) ranks 166th of 1315 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to in New York (Greater), year by year
| Year | Percentage of built-up area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1379 Percentage of built-up area | — |
| 2001 | 0.1426 Percentage of built-up area | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.1425 Percentage of built-up area | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.1431 Percentage of built-up area | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.1429 Percentage of built-up area | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.1435 Percentage of built-up area | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.1428 Percentage of built-up area | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.1419 Percentage of built-up area | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.1497 Percentage of built-up area | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 0.1494 Percentage of built-up area | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.1504 Percentage of built-up area | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.1494 Percentage of built-up area | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.1514 Percentage of built-up area | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.1524 Percentage of built-up area | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.1532 Percentage of built-up area | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.1536 Percentage of built-up area | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.1535 Percentage of built-up area | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1534 Percentage of built-up area | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.1533 Percentage of built-up area | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.153 Percentage of built-up area | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.153 Percentage of built-up area | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.147 Percentage of built-up area | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 0.1478 Percentage of built-up area | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1436 Percentage of built-up area | 0.1379 Percentage of built-up area | 0.1497 Percentage of built-up area | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1524 Percentage of built-up area | 0.1494 Percentage of built-up area | 0.1536 Percentage of built-up area | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1493 Percentage of built-up area | 0.147 Percentage of built-up area | 0.153 Percentage of built-up area | 3 |
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- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -44.59 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs 2,080 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -92.24 Degree days (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 14.59 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation -0.1059 Days per year (2024)
- Dependency ratio - Cities and FUAs 27.4 Percentage of population aged 15-64 years (2024)
- Wind threats - Cities and FUAs — Exposure to wind threats 49.3 Percentage of area (2023)
- Main mode of transport to work - Cities and FUAs — Employed persons 7.55 million Persons (2023)
- Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Downloading speed 1.1 Percentage of national value (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in New York (Greater)?
- Coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to in New York (Greater) was 0.1478 Percentage of built-up area in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to recorded in New York (Greater)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1536 Percentage of built-up area in 2015.
- What is the lowest coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to recorded in New York (Greater)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1379 Percentage of built-up area in 2000.
- How does New York (Greater) rank for coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to?
- New York (Greater) ranks 166th out of 1315 regions with data for 2022.
- Is coastal flooding - cities and fuas — built-up area exposure to rising or falling in New York (Greater)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New York (Greater) data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs — Built-up area exposure to coastal flooding. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides indicators of population and built-up exposure to coastal floods. Data sources and methodology Coastal flooding indicators are estimated using the Global coastal flood hazard maps (Muis, S. et al., 2016). This dataset provides the extent of coastal floods for different return periods (10 to 100 years) with a 1-kilometre resolution. A return period corresponds to the estimated time interval between floods of similar intensity. Built-up area exposure to coastal floods is computed by intersecting this map with Copernius annual land cover data (Copernicus Climate Change Service, Climate Data Store, 2019) and population exposure is computed using the Global Human Settlement Population layer (European Commission, GHSL Data Package 2023). Harmonised international hazard models are used to ensure global comparability, consistent modelling assumptions across countries, and complete subnational coverage. These estimates may differ from official subnational flood risk statistics due to differences in methodological approaches - such as the use of global, modelled top down hazard maps versus national hydrological models or administrative flood zone delineations - as well as variations in input data sources, spatial resolution, and hydraulic modelling techniques. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The correspondence table between SAUs and FUAs/cities is available in parquet and csv format. The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Coastal flooding - Cities and FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org