Remote sensing and GIS-based flood vulnerability assessment of human settlements: A case study of Gangetic West Bengal, India

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 3699-3716

  Sanyal, Joy ^a   Lu, X X ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Flood; GIS; Remote sensing; Settlement vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

FLOOD WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GISS); INDIA; RIVER FLOODING; SETTLEMENT VULNERABILITY;

RIVERS;

FLOODING; GIS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 28844487089     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5852     Document Type: Article

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