Flood-hazard assessment and risk-based zoning of a tropical flood plain: Case study of the Yom River, Thailand;Evaluation du danger d'inondation et zonage basé sur le risque dans une plaine d'inondation tropicale: Cas de la Rivière Yom, Thaïlande

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-161

  Tingsanchali, Tawatchai ^a   Karim, Fazlul ^b  

^a NAKHON PATHOM RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flood hazard; Flood risk; Land use; Return period; Vulnerability; Yom River Basin

Indexed keywords

FLOOD HAZARDS; FLOOD RISK; RETURN PERIODS; VULNERABILITY; YOM RIVER BASIN;

FLOOD CONTROL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

FLOODS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; THAILAND; YOM RIVER;

EID: 78649724827     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626660903545987     Document Type: Article

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