GIS-based river flood hazard mapping in urban area (a case study in Kayu Ara river basin, Malaysia)

International Journal of Engineering and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 488-500

  Alaghmand, Sina ^a   Abdullah, Rozi bin ^b   Abustan, Ismail ^b   Vosoogh, Behdokht ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

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EID: 84859970487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09754024     Source Type: Journal    
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