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Abstract
GIS Applications in Floodplain Management
Track: Water Resources
Author(s): Uzair Shamsi
For years, floodplain management studies have been expensive and unwieldy, with much of the analysis performed "by hand" using paper maps. Today, new technologies such as GIS, GPS, and remote sensing are helping the floodplain managers to create accurate and current floodplain maps with improved efficiency and speed at a reasonable cost. Accurate floodplain maps are the key to better floodplain management. This paper describes GIS applications for developing floodplain maps. Major topics discussed in this paper include FEMA and data requirements, floodplain modeling, software examples, remote sensing applications, and case studies.
Uzair Shamsi
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