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Main Title Floods in a Megacity Geospatial Techniques in Assessing Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability / [electronic resource] :
Type EBOOK
Author Dewan, Ashraf.
Publisher Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
Year Published 2013
Call Number GB5000-5030
ISBN 9789400758759
Subjects Geography ; Geology ; Geographical information systems ; Regional planning
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5875-9
Collation XXV, 199 p. 50 illus., 27 illus. in color. online resource.
Notes Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability -- Floods in megacity: a case of Dhaka -- Spatial and temporal distribution of floods -- Modelling flood hazards -- Vulnerability and risk assessment. Flooding is one of the most devastating natural hazards in the world. Available records suggest that both flood frequency and severity are on the rise and this is likely to worsen in the context of climate change. As population, infrastructure and poverty grow rapidly in developing countries, particularly in urban agglomerations of 10 million people or more, floods could cause widespread devastation, economic damage and loss of life. Assessment of vulnerability and risk from naturally occurring phenomena is therefore imperative in order to achieve urban sustainability. This book uses geospatial techniques to evaluate hazards, risk and vulnerability at a metropolitan scale in a data-scarce country. An empirical study was performed using remote sensing, GIS and census data. This research offers a new approach to mapping population, infrastructures and communities at risk which can greatly contribute to the deeper understanding of flood disasters in a rapidly expanding megacity. Examples shown in this book are from Dhaka Megacity, however, the techniques and methods can easily be implemented in medium to large cities of similar characteristics. The book is essential reading for hazard researchers, geospatial scientists, disaster management professionals, geographers, urban planners, and social scientists. Ashraf M. Dewan is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Spatial Sciences at Curtin University, Western Australia (on leave from his substantive position as Associate Professor in the Geography & Environment Department at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh).
Place Published Dordrecht
Corporate Au Added Ent SpringerLink (Online service)
Title Ser Add Ent Springer Geography
Host Item Entry Springer eBooks
PUB Date Free Form 2013
Series Title Untraced Springer Geography
BIB Level m
Medium computer
Content text
Carrier online resource
Cataloging Source OCLC/T
OCLC Time Stamp 20130727071428
Language eng
Origin SPRINGER
Type EBOOK
OCLC Rec Leader 03384nam a22004695i 45