Flood hazard and risk analysis in the southwest region of Bangladesh

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2055-2069

  Tingsanchali, Tawatchai ^a   Karim, Mohammed Fazlul ^b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b River Research Institute   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Flood hazard; Flood risk; Flooding; Gorai River; Hydrodynamic model; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

FLOOD FLOW; FLOOD HAZARDS; FLOODPLAINS; RIVER SYSTEMS;

FLOOD DAMAGE;

FLOODING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 21344457922     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5666     Document Type: Article

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