2004 UC Proceedings Abstract
 A GIS to Reduce Flood Impact on Road Transportation Systems Track: EMS, Fire and Disaster Management Author(s): Mohammad Hossain, Christopher Davies Flooding is considered to be one of the most catastrophic forms of natural disaster. The adverse effect of flooding is recognized when it disrupts the road transportation system of a country. The level of interactions between various measurable flood dimensions and transportation networks determines the potential impact of a flood. By determining interaction probabilities, the flood impact can be modeled, visualized and evaluated by developing a sophisticated GIS, and it can be used to explore the ways for the reduction of flood impact on the networks. The paper presents the application of the GIS taking Bangladesh as a case study area. This enables an understanding of the applicability of the system in finding ways to reduce the addressed problem from various perspectives. In the future, the system could be used to assess flood impact on various objects in an interactive way and therefore can be used as a spatial decision support tool. Mohammad Hossain Chittagong University Computer Science Department of Computer Science, Chittagong University Chittagong 4331 BD Phone: 0088031614467 Fax: 0088031620565 E-mail: hossain_ms2004@yahoo.co.uk Christopher Davies University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology Computation Department of Computation, UMIST Manchester M60 1QD GB Phone: 0161 200 3356 Fax: 0161 955 8383 E-mail: C.Davies@co.umist.ac.uk |
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