Flood risk management in remote and impoverished areas-a case study of Onaville, Haiti

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3832-3860

  Heimhuber, Valentin ^a   Hannemann, Johann Christian ^a   Rieger, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

DEM; Flash flood; Flood risk analysis; Flood risk management; HEC HMS; HEC RAS; Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling; Mapping drone; TanDEM X

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; FLOW SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAPPING; RAIN; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

DEM; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD RISK ANALYSIS; FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT; HEC-HMS; HEC-RAS; HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC MODELS; TANDEM-X;

FLOODS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD CONTROL; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TANDEM-X;

HAITI;

EID: 84940416947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w7073832     Document Type: Article

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