Estimation of flood vulnerability index for delta areas through RS&GIS

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 3611-3614

  Prakasa Rao, B S ^a   Murty, K S R ^a   Amminedu, E ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DELTA REGIONS; ECONOMIC LOSSES; POPULATION DENSITY; VULNERABILITY INDEX;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 33745712399     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2005.1526629     Document Type: Conference Paper

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