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Research article
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26 Apr 2017
Research article |
| 26 Apr 2017
Topography- and nightlight-based national flood risk assessment in Canada
Department of Civil, Geological, and Environmental Engineering,
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, Canada
Raja Bharath
Department of Civil, Geological, and Environmental Engineering,
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Anchit Lakhanpal
Department of Civil, Geological, and Environmental Engineering,
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Serena Ceola
Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials
Engineering, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Alberto Montanari
Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials
Engineering, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt
Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, Canada
School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Short summary
Flood mapping is one of Canada's major national interests. This work presents a simple and effective method for large-scale flood hazard and risk mapping, applied in this study to Canada. Readily available data, such as remote sensing night-light data, topography, and stream network were used to create the maps.
Flood mapping is one of Canada's major national interests. This work presents a simple and...
