Overview
- Substantially contributes to the deeper understanding of global change and flood vulnerability in megacities of developing countries
- Discusses existing urban vulnerability models and proposes a new model
- First comprehensive work on flood vulnerability and risk of natural hazards at community scale of a megacity
- An aid for informed decision making, especially for rapidly urbanizing countries
Part of the book series: Springer Geography (SPRINGERGEOGR)
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About this book
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.
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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.
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The book is essential reading for hazard researchers, geospatial scientists, disaster management professionals, geographers, urban planners, and social scientists.Â
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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).Â
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Floods in a Megacity
Book Subtitle: Geospatial Techniques in Assessing Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability
Authors: Ashraf Dewan
Series Title: Springer Geography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5875-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-5874-2Published: 15 March 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9457-3Published: 08 February 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-5875-9Published: 01 March 2013
Series ISSN: 2194-315X
Series E-ISSN: 2194-3168
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 199
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Natural Hazards, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography