Water,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(18), P. 2636 - 2636
Published: Sept. 17, 2024
This
paper
develops
a
method
integrating
Geographic
Information
Systems
(GIS)
and
the
Decision-Making
Trials
Evaluation
Laboratory
(DEMATEL)
for
analysis
of
factors
influencing
urban
flood
risk
identification
flood-prone
areas.
The
is
based
on
nine
selected
factors:
land
use/land
cover
(LULC:
ratio
built-up
areas,
greenery
areas),
elevation,
slope,
population
density,
distance
from
river,
soil,
Topographic
Wetness
Index
(TWI),
Normalized
Difference
Vegetation
(NDVI).
DEMATEL
used
to
determine
cause–effect
relationship
between
factors,
allowing
key
criteria
their
weights
be
determined.
LULC
density
were
identified
as
most
important
floods.
was
applied
case
study—the
Serafa
River
watershed
(Poland),
an
urbanized
catchment
covering
housing
estates
cities
Kraków
Wieliczka
frequently
affected
by
flooding.
GIS
publicly
available
data
using
QGIS
with
obtained
vulnerable
45%
total
area
classified
areas
very
high
or
level
risk.
results
match
actual
inundation
incidents
that
occurred
in
recent
years
this
area.
study
shows
potential
possibility
DEMATEL-GIS
significance
designate
Geomatics Landmanagement and Landscape,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
1
Published: April 13, 2025
Floods
are
among
the
most
hazardous
natural
disasters,
which
pose
significant
threats
to
human
lifeat
both
global
and
national
scales
due
severe
human,
material,
environmental
losses.
The
increasing
frequency
of
floods,
compared
other
hazards,
highlights
urgent
need
their
evaluation
mitigation
impacts.
This
study
aimed
assess
map
flood-prone
areas
in
city
Sidi
Aissa,
Algeria,
using
analytical
hierarchy
process
(AHP)
geographic
information
systems
(GIS).
was
chosen
because
three
rivers
running
through
it.
A
model
combining
a
multi-criteria
statistical
approach
GIS
employed.
focused
on
analyzing
factors
influencing
flood
occurrence,
including
land
use,
elevation,
slope,
drainage
density,
distance
from
river
roads,
topographic
wetness
index
(T.W.I),
normalized
difference
vegetation
(N.D.V.I),
To
calculate
weights
these
environment,
AHP
method
applied,
resulting
maps
specific
each
criterion.
results
revealed
that
use
(21.7%)
(18.2%)
critical
susceptibility
damage
nearby
buildings.
shaped
divided
into
categories:
with
very
low
susceptibility,
accounting
for
29%
total
area;
moderate
40%
highly
susceptible
flooding,
making
up
31%.
Furthermore,
demonstrated
effectiveness
simulating
potential
floods
identifying
areas,
thereby
highlighting
importance
planning
mitigating
risks
future.
Ecological Indicators,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
154, P. 110764 - 110764
Published: Aug. 6, 2023
Driven
by
the
change
in
intense
land
use
and
cover
(LULC)
due
to
fast
urbanization,
urban
flooding
events
have
become
most
frequent
influential
hazards
over
last
few
decades.
Accurately
predicting
possible
flood-prone
locations
under
dynamic
fluctuations
of
LULC
is
crucial
for
sustainable
development.
However,
there
has
been
sparse
studies
on
systematic
integration
changes
into
anticipate
development
scenarios
coupled
with
vulnerability
assessment.
Therefore,
this
study
proposed
a
robust
powerful
cascade
modeling
chain
consisting
Maximum
Entropy,
System
Dynamics
Patch-generating
Land
Use
Simulation
combination
shared
socio-economic
pathways
projecting
temporal
spatial
associated
vulnerability.
Taking
Guangdong
Hong
Kong
Macao
Greater
Bay
Area
(GBA)
as
case
study,
results
showed
that
increase
was
largely
caused
expansion
construction
land.
Overall,
substantial
distinction
within
observed
ranked
order
SSP126
<
SSP245
SSP585.
Under
SSP585,
areas
high
risk
will
be
expected
significantly,
accounting
26%
total
areas,
nearly
half
built-up
are
exposed
2050.
SSP245,
medium
were
anticipated
fifth
areas.
scenario,
no
predicted
area
risk,
only
1%,
future
urbanization
hotspots
serious
risks
likely
found
fringe
GBA's
line
extent
expansion.
The
finding
shed
comprehensive
insight
identification
distribution
facilitate
exploration
flood
mitigation
measures
use.
Smart Construction and Sustainable Cities,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
2(1)
Published: Oct. 8, 2024
Abstract
The
analytical
hierarchy
process
(AHP)
and
frequency
ratio
model
(FR),
along
with
the
integration
of
GIS,
have
proven
to
be
successful
approaches
for
assessing
flood-prone
areas.
However,
in
Nepal
flood
vulnerability
mapping
based
on
GIS
decision
analysis
is
limited.
Thus,
this
study
focused
comparing
data-driven
FR
method
expert
knowledge-based
AHP
technique
a
environment
prepare
map
Bagmati
River
basin,
helping
explore
gap
methodologies
approaches.
By
combining
all
class-weighted
contributing
factors,
like
elevation,
precipitation,
flow
accumulation,
drainage
density,
soil,
distance
from
river,
land
use
cover,
normalized
difference
vegetative
index,
slope
topographic
wetness
evaluated
efficiency
maps.
An
inventory
floods
containing
107
points
was
created.
Subsequently,
maps
generated
using
models
revealed
that
9.30%
11.36%
regions
were
highly
vulnerable
areas,
respectively.
Receiver
operating
characteristics
validated
outcomes,
indicating
model’s
accuracy
91%
outperformed
84%
accuracy.
findings
will
assist
decision-makers
enacting
sustainable
management
techniques
reduce
future
damage
basin.
Frontiers in Water,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
7
Published: March 26, 2025
Flood
is
the
most
frequent
and
destructive
natural
disaster,
causing
significant
negative
impacts
on
humans
built
ecosystems.
While
it
extremely
challenging
to
prevent
floods,
their
associated
hazards
can
be
mitigated
through
well-planned
appropriate
measures.
The
present
study
combined
analytical
hierarchy
process
(AHP)
analysis
an
ArcGIS-based
multi-criteria
decision-making
(MCDM)
approach
assess,
categorize,
quantify,
map
flood-prone
areas
in
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa,
Pakistan,
a
region
particularly
vulnerable
recurrent
flooding.
Eight
key
factors
including
precipitation,
rivers/streams,
slope,
elevation,
soil,
normalized
difference
vegetation
index,
land
use
were
used
for
flood
susceptibility
modeling.
weighted
sum
overlay
tool
global
positioning
system
ArcGIS
was
utilized
give
weightage
each
raster
layer,
based
AHP
ranking
produce
area.
According
analysis,
impactful
defining
our
area
streams
(0.29%),
precipitation
(0.23%),
slope
of
(14%),
LST
(10%).
Our
model
achieved
excellent
accuracy,
with
Area
Under
Curve
(AUC)
value
0.911.
predicted
that
9%
total
classified
as
very
high
risk,
while
14%
identified
covering
approximately
923,257
hectares
1,419,480
hectares,
respectively.
These
high-risk
zones
are
predominantly
concentrated
central
lower
northern,
densely
populated
districts
province.
results
would
assist
policymakers,
concerned
departments,
local
communities
assessing
risk
timely
manner
designing
effective
mitigation
response
strategies.