All surfaces of the city, from coastal to inland, should collect data through monitoring sensors to better understand vulnerabilities and focus resiliency investment. Such a data-driven approach will make risks abundantly clear before disasters happen. This prevention approach through visualization software will expedite the decision-making of governments and increase the adoption of nature-based solutions by the private sector. All nations, cities, public, and private entities need to work together to help fund our efforts to develop an Urban-Hydrologics-Systems-Software.

The UHS Data-Driven Approach proposes to create computer-aided replicas of our cities, to allow running scenarios, and to test how the urban fabric responds to weather extremes. At the moment, this UHS Software does not yet exist, and we look to patent this software approach, develop proper computer code to enable an Urban-Hydrologics-Systems’ platform for cities and municipalities to buy as a dedicated prevention service in the near future. We hope this UHS Software can help link the physical world with the BIM data world. If we are successful in creating this software solution, we will be able to provide solid data to municipalities, and increase investment in Urban Hydro Logic Solutions before weather extremes do arrive. Our objective is to demonstrate impacts (advocacy through visualization) to ensure governments recognize what’s needed, a “pre-active approach” (UHS, 2009). We hope to speed up the retrofitting of cities, communities, industries, infrastructures, and processes to ensure we can meet IPCC targets before runaway climate change becomes irreversible.