- Title
- A flood risk assessment of Quang Nam, Vietnam using spatial multicriteria decision analysis
- Creator
- Luu, Chinh; von Meding, Jason
- Relation
- Water Vol. 10, Issue 4, no. 461
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w10040461
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- Vietnam is highly vulnerable to flood and storm impacts. Holistic flood risk assessment maps that adequately consider flood risk factors of hazard, exposure, and vulnerability are not available. These are vital for flood risk preparedness and disaster mitigation measures at the local scale. Unfortunately, there is a lack of knowledge about spatial multicriteria decision analysis and flood risk analysis more broadly in Vietnam. In response to this need, we identify and quantify flood risk components in Quang Nam province through spatial multicriteria decision analysis. The study presents a new approach to local flood risk assessment mapping, which combines historical flood marks with exposure and vulnerability data. The flood risk map output could assist and empower decision-makers in undertaking flood risk management activities in the province. Our study demonstrates a methodology to build flood risk assessment maps using flood mark, exposure and vulnerability data, which could be applied in other provinces in Vietnam.
- Subject
- flood risk assessment; flood risk map; AHP; GIS; Quang Nam; Vietnam
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1386045
- Identifier
- uon:32352
- Identifier
- ISSN:2073-4441
- Rights
- This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (CC BY 4.0).
- Language
- eng
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