Flood vulnerability indices and emergency management planning in the Yazoo Basin, Mississippi
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- 作者：Louis G. Zachosa ; lgzachos@olemiss.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Charles T. Swannb ; cts@olemiss.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Mustafa S. Altinakarc ; altinakar@ncche.olemiss.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Marcus Z. McGrathc ; mzmcgrat@olemiss.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Devin Thomasa ; dwthoma1@go.olemiss.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Flood modeling ; Flood Vulnerability Index ; FVI ; GIS ; Mitigation ; Emergency planning
- 刊名：International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：September 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：18
- 期：Complete
- 页码：89-99
- 全文大小：4455 K
文摘
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Calculated Flood Vulnerability Index (FVI) as a weighted sum of separate indicators.
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The Yazoo Basin was mapped using this indexing method.
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The FVI was evaluated using a series of hydrologic flood models.
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The FVI is an integral part of flood mitigation and emergency management planning.