Assessment of flood hazard, vulnerability and risk of mid-eastern Dhaka using DEM and 1D hydrodynamic model

Natural Hazards

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 757-770

  Masood, Muhammad ^a   Takeuchi, Kuniyoshi ^b  

^a Bangladesh Water Development Board   (Bangladesh)

^b Public Works Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

DEM; Flood hazard map; HEC RAS; Inundation simulation; Risk map

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GIS; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SOFTWARE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; DHAKA [DHAKA (ADS)];

EID: 84856386076     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-0060-x     Document Type: Article

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