Application of Remote Sensing and GIS for cyclone disaster management in coastal area: A case study at Barguna district, Bangladesh

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 38, Issue , 2010, Pages 122-126

  Rana, Sohel ^a   Gunasekara, Kavinda ^b   Hazarika, Manzul Kumar ^b   Samarakoon, Lal ^b   Siddiquee, Munir ^a  

^a GIS Unit   (Bangladesh)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cyclone; DEM; Disaster; Hazard; Risk; Storm surge model; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; FLOODS; HAZARDS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS; SURVEYING;

DEM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; NATURAL DISASTERS; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; STORM SURGES; VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS;

STORMS;

EID: 84897862065     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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