Potential of satellite data in catastrophic flood risk mapping and assessment: case studies from Asia and Africa

Over last decades, we have witnessed an upward global trend in natural disaster occurrence. Hydrological and meteorological disasters are the main contributors to this pattern. In 2011, hydrological disaster, such as floods and wet mass movements, represented 52% of the overall disaster reported, ca...

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Main Authors: Amarnath, Giriraj, Rajah, Ameer, Alahacoon, Niranga, Inada, Yoshiaki, Inoue, R., Aggarwal, Pramod K.
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67627

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