Flood risks in urbanized areas - multi-sensoral approaches using remotely sensed data for risk assessment

Please always quote using this URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-139605
  • Estimating flood risks and managing disasters combines knowledge in climatology, meteorology, hydrology, hydraulic engineering, statistics, planning and geography - thus a complex multi-faceted problem. This study focuses on the capabilities of multi-source remote sensing data to support decision-making before, during and after a flood event. With our focus on urbanized areas, sample methods and applications show multi-scale products from the hazard and vulnerability perspective of the risk framework. From the hazard side, we presentEstimating flood risks and managing disasters combines knowledge in climatology, meteorology, hydrology, hydraulic engineering, statistics, planning and geography - thus a complex multi-faceted problem. This study focuses on the capabilities of multi-source remote sensing data to support decision-making before, during and after a flood event. With our focus on urbanized areas, sample methods and applications show multi-scale products from the hazard and vulnerability perspective of the risk framework. From the hazard side, we present capabilities with which to assess flood-prone areas before an expected disaster. Then we map the spatial impact during or after a flood and finally, we analyze damage grades after a flood disaster. From the vulnerability side, we monitor urbanization over time on an urban footprint level, classify urban structures on an individual building level, assess building stability and quantify probably affected people. The results show a large database for sustainable development and for developing mitigation strategies, ad-hoc coordination of relief measures and organizing rehabilitation.show moreshow less

Download full text files

Export metadata

Additional Services

Share in Twitter Search Google Scholar Statistics
Metadaten
Author: H Taubenböck, M Wurm, M Netzband, H Zwenzner, A Roth, A Rahman, S Dech
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-139605
Document Type:Journal article
Faculties:Philosophische Fakultät (Histor., philolog., Kultur- und geograph. Wissensch.) / Institut für Geographie und Geologie
Language:English
Parent Title (English):NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
Year of Completion:2011
Volume:11
Issue:2
Pagenumber:431-444
Source:Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 11, 431–444, 2011
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-11-431-2011
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften
9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie
Tag:damage assessment disaster; disaster; earthquake; gis; integration; inundation; management; radar; sar; satellite data
Release Date:2018/10/16
Licence (German):License LogoCC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung