TITLE:
Integration of Remote Sensing Data and GIS Tools for Accurate Mapping of Flooded Area of Kurigram, Bangladesh
AUTHORS:
Sadhan Kumar Roy, Subaran Chandra Sarker
KEYWORDS:
Flood, Remote Sensing, GIS, Flood Map
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geographic Information System,
Vol.8 No.2,
April
20,
2016
ABSTRACT: Flood is the most
devastating disaster in the present world which causes damage to environmental,
social, economical and human lives at about 43% of all natural disasters. There
are many flood hazard occurs in Bangladesh during the 19thcentury and 20thcentury in the different regions.
These flood hazards have more catastrophic damages of huge area within human
lives and other necessary properties of Bangladesh. The first step of flood
management is to evaluate the area which is under threat of flood disaster. In
this study here showed the importance of Remote Sensing (RS) data and
Geographic Information System (GIS) tools to manage the flood related problems.
Remote Sensing (RS) data and Geographic Information System (GIS) provide a lot
of information to flood disaster management. ArcView GIS software tools are
used for digitizing the base map and tocreate
a flood risk zone of Kurigram, Bangladesh where images of remote sensing can be
helped to determine the flood inundation areas. The integrated application of
RS and GIS techniques for monitoring and flood mapping provides information for
the decision makers. The study also grows attentions the need of cost-efficient
methodology by creating a flood vulnerable map of Bangladesh.