Flood is the major disaster affecting many countries in the world from time immemorial. The impacts of flood have been increased due to a number of factors such as population growth and climate change. Bangladesh is extremely vulnerable to flooding because of its geographical setting. It is a low-laying deltaic flat country with big inland water bodies, including some of the biggest rivers in the world. The book provides hazard and vulnerability assessment of riverine flood prone area of Bangladesh using Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS). In the hazard vulnerability...
Flood is the major disaster affecting many countries in the world from time immemorial. The impacts of flood have been increased due to a number of fa...