Pluvial flood loss to private households Today more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. With a high density of population and assets urban areas are not only the economic cultural and social hubs of every society they are also highly susceptible to natural disasters. As a consequence of rising sea levels and an expected increase in extreme weather events caused by a changing climate in combination with growing cities flooding is an increasing threat to many urban agglomerations around the globe.To mitigate the destructive consequences of flooding appropriate risk management and adaptation strategies are required. So far flood risk management in urban areas is almost exclusively focused on managing river and coastal flooding. Often overlooked is the risk from small scale rainfall triggered flooding where the rainfall intensity of rainstorms exceeds the capacity of urban drainage systems leading to immediate flooding. Referred to as pluvial flooding this flood type exclusive to urban areas has caused severe losses in cities around the world. [...]