Assessing Flood Hazard at River Basin Scale with an Index-Based Approach: The Case of Mouriki, Greece

Assessing Flood Hazard at River Basin Scale with an Index-Based Approach: The Case of Mouriki, Greece

Defining flood-prone areas is particularly important for policy makers, in order to design mitigation strategies and implement flood risk management planning. The present research applies a multicriteria index method to assess flood hazard areas at a river basin scale, in a geographic information sy...

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Main Authors: Olga Patrikaki, Nerantzis Kazakis, Ioannis Kougias, Thomas Patsialis, Nicolaos Theodossiou, Konstantinos Voudouris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Geosciences
Subjects:
GIS analysis
flood risk management
rating methods
flood-prone areas
flood hazards
analytical hierarchy process
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/8/2/50

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