Modeling flood hazard zones at the sub-district level with the rational model integrated with GIS and remote sensing approaches

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3531-3564

  Asare Kyei, Daniel ^a   Forkuor, Gerald ^b   Venus, Valentijn ^c  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community; Flood hazard index; GIS; Mapping; Rational model; Runoff; West Africa

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; MANAGERS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF;

COMMUNITY; CONFUSION MATRICES; EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; FLOOD HAZARD INDEXES; GIS AND REMOTE SENSING; RATIONAL MODELS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; WEST AFRICA;

FLOODS;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; GIS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SPATIAL VARIATION;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84940426585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w7073531     Document Type: Article

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