Increase of flood risk due to urbanisation: A canadian example

被引：134

作者：

Nirupama, N. ^{[1
]}

Simonovic, Slobodan P.

机构：

[1] York Univ, Atkinson Fac Liberal & Profess Studies, N York, ON M3J 1P3, Canada

[2] Univ Western Ontario, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Inst Castastroph Loss Reduct, London, ON N6A 5B9, Canada

来源：

NATURAL HAZARDS | 2007年 / 40卷 / 01期

基金：

加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;

关键词：

flood risk; remote sensing; urbanisation; flood management; Thames river watershed;

D O I：

10.1007/s11069-006-0003-0

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

There has been increasing concern among the government officials who deal with emergency preparedness and natural disasters that increasing urbanisation is enhancing the risk from river flooding in urban areas. This study concerns such a risk for the City of London in the province of Ontario in Canada. It has been shown that between 1974 and 2000 there has been a considerably elevated risk from floods due to heavy urbanisation in the watershed of the Upper Thames River, of which the City of London is a part. Databases were prepared making use of satellite remote sensing technology on landslide classification and this information was integrated with meteorological and hydrological data records and analysed to obtain a quantitative estimate of the potential risk from river floods to London.

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