A GIS-based method for flooded area calculation and damage evaluation

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    摘要 Usinggeographicinformationsystemtostudyfloodedareaanddamageevaluationhasbeenahotspotinenvironmentaldisasterresearchforyears.Inthispaper,amodelforfloodedareacalculationanddamageevaluationispresented.Floodingisdividedintotwotypes:‘sourceflood'and‘non-sourceflood'.Thesource-floodareacalculationisbasedonseedspreadalgorithm.Theflooddamageevaluationiscalculatedbyoverlayingthefloodedarearangewiththematicmapsandrelatingtheresulttoothersocialandeconomicdata.Toraisetheoperationalefficiencyofthemodel,askippingapproachisusedtospeedseedspreadalgorithmandallthematicmapsareconvertedtorasterformatbeforeoverlayanalysis.Theaccuracyoffloodedareacalculationanddamageevaluationismainlydependentupontheresolutionandprecisionofthedigitalelevationmodel(DEM)data,upontheaccuracyofregisteringallrasterlayers,anduponthequalityofeconomicinformation.ThismodelhasbeensuccessfullyusedintheZhejiangProvinceComprehensiveWaterManagementInformationSystemdevelopedbytheauthors.TheapplicationsshowthatthismodelisespeciallyusefulformostcountiesofChinaandotherdevelopingcountries.
    作者 LIU Ren-yi
    机构地区 不详
    出处 《地理学报:英文版》 2001年2期
    出版日期 2001年02月12日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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