A comparative evaluation of flood mitigation alternatives using GIS-based river hydraulics modelling and multicriteria decision analysis

Journal of Flood Risk Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 319-331

  Ghanbarpour, M R ^a   Salimi, S ^b   Hipel, K W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b University of Mazandaran Faculty of Natural Resources   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Flood mitigation; Flood plain; HEC RAS; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODPLAIN; GIS;

IRAN; MAZANDARAN; ZAREMROUD RIVER;

EID: 84887535293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1753318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12017     Document Type: Article

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