Modelling the flood vulnerability of deltaic Kuching City, Malaysia
The main objective of this writing is to present a practical way to envisage the flood vulnerability in deltaic region, particularly on the concern of sea level rise. Kuching city of Malaysia is established on banks of Sarawak River, 30 km from the sea. Therefore, it is subjected to fluvial and tid...
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| author | Mah, Yau Seng Frederik Josep, Putuhena Sai, Hin Lai |
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| description | The main objective of this writing is to present a practical way to envisage the flood vulnerability in deltaic region, particularly on the concern of sea level rise. Kuching
city of Malaysia is established on banks of Sarawak River, 30 km from the sea. Therefore, it is subjected to fluvial and tidal floods. Kuching Bay experiences the highest King Tides
in Southeast Asia region. These tide magnitudes could be a glimpse of future sea level rise. By means of modelling these tides, it provides an understanding and preparation for the
impacts of sea level rise on the flood mitigation infrastructures and the city itself. The modelling efforts had created an illustration that a 10% rise in tide levels would result in increase of flooding areas up to 6% relative to existing tide levels. |
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| spelling | unimas-81082015-06-30T03:46:06Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8108/ Modelling the flood vulnerability of deltaic Kuching City, Malaysia Mah, Yau Seng Frederik Josep, Putuhena Sai, Hin Lai GE Environmental Sciences The main objective of this writing is to present a practical way to envisage the flood vulnerability in deltaic region, particularly on the concern of sea level rise. Kuching city of Malaysia is established on banks of Sarawak River, 30 km from the sea. Therefore, it is subjected to fluvial and tidal floods. Kuching Bay experiences the highest King Tides in Southeast Asia region. These tide magnitudes could be a glimpse of future sea level rise. By means of modelling these tides, it provides an understanding and preparation for the impacts of sea level rise on the flood mitigation infrastructures and the city itself. The modelling efforts had created an illustration that a 10% rise in tide levels would result in increase of flooding areas up to 6% relative to existing tide levels. Springer Science 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8108/1/modelling%20the%20flood%20vulnerability%20of%20deltaic%20kuching%20city%2C%20malaysia%20%28abstract%29.pdf Mah, Yau Seng and Frederik Josep, Putuhena and Sai, Hin Lai (2011) Modelling the flood vulnerability of deltaic Kuching City, Malaysia. Natural Hazards, 58 (3). pp. 865-875. ISSN 1573-0840 http://www.researchgate.net/publication/241041076_Modelling_the_flood_vulnerability_of_deltaic_Kuching_City_Malaysia DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9731-x |
| spellingShingle | GE Environmental Sciences Mah, Yau Seng Frederik Josep, Putuhena Sai, Hin Lai Modelling the flood vulnerability of deltaic Kuching City, Malaysia |
| title | Modelling the flood vulnerability of deltaic Kuching City,
Malaysia |
| title_full | Modelling the flood vulnerability of deltaic Kuching City,
Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Modelling the flood vulnerability of deltaic Kuching City,
Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modelling the flood vulnerability of deltaic Kuching City,
Malaysia |
| title_short | Modelling the flood vulnerability of deltaic Kuching City,
Malaysia |
| title_sort | modelling the flood vulnerability of deltaic kuching city,
malaysia |
| topic | GE Environmental Sciences |
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