Flood Vulnerability and Risk Assessment with Spatial Multi-criteria Evaluation

Flood Vulnerability and Risk Assessment with Spatial Multi-criteria Evaluation

The objective of this chapter is to evaluate flood risk in Dhaka with geospatial techniques. Multi-temporal flood data, derived from digital elevation model and satellite imagery, were used to determine flood hazards. Census and spatial databases were used to evaluate flood vulnerability and risk zo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Masuya, Akiko
Other Authors: Ashraf Dewan
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Springer Geography 2013
Subjects:
Community
Risk assessment
Vulnerability assessment
Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Spatial Multi-criteria Evaluation
Flood hazard
Coping capacity
Weighted Linear Combination (WLC)
GIS
Modelling
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42546

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