Detecting Flood Susceptible Areas Using GIS-based Analytic Hierarchy Process

• Main Authors: Lawal, Dano Umar, Matori, Abdul Nasir, Hashim, Ahmad Mustafa, Wan Yusof, Khamaruzaman, Chandio, Imtiaz Ahmed
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/7551/1/rp003_ICFEE2012-F002.pdf; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/7551/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Speedy growth of the world’s population has escalated both the frequency and severity of the natural catastrophes nowadays. Flood disaster has a very special place in natural catastrophes and its effect area is not bounded. It is the unusual event of river basins due to a prolonged rainfall and rela...