Riverine flooding using GIS and remote sensing
| dc.contributor.advisor | Smit, Julian | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dambe, Natalia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-30T15:34:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-04-30T15:34:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2020-04-30T13:59:58Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Floods are caused by extreme meteorological and hydrological changes that are influenced directly or indirectly by human activities within the environment. The flood trends show that floods will reoccur and shall continue to affect the livelihoods, property, agriculture and the surrounding environment. This research has analyzed the riverine flood by integrating remote sensing, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), and hydraulic and/or hydrological modeling, to develop informed flood mapping for flood risk management. The application of Hydrological Engineering Center River Analysis System (HEC RAS) and HEC HMS models, developed by the USA Hydrologic Engineering Center of the Army Corps of Engineers in a data-poor environment of a developing country were successful, as a flood modeling tools in early warning systems and land use planning. The methodology involved data collection, preparation, and model simulation using 30m Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) as a critical data input of HEC RAS model. The findings showed that modeling using HEC-RAS and HEC HMS models in a data-poor environment requires intensive data enhancements and adjustments; multiple utilization of open sources data; carrying out multiple model computation iterations and calibration; multiple field observation, which may be constrained with time and resources to get reasonable output. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Dambe, N. (2020). <i>Riverine flooding using GIS and remote sensing</i>. (). ,Engineering and the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. Retrieved from | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Dambe, Natalia. <i>"Riverine flooding using GIS and remote sensing."</i> ., ,Engineering and the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2020. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Dambe, N. 2020. Riverine flooding using GIS and remote sensing. . ,Engineering and the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Dambe, Natalia AB - Floods are caused by extreme meteorological and hydrological changes that are influenced directly or indirectly by human activities within the environment. The flood trends show that floods will reoccur and shall continue to affect the livelihoods, property, agriculture and the surrounding environment. This research has analyzed the riverine flood by integrating remote sensing, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), and hydraulic and/or hydrological modeling, to develop informed flood mapping for flood risk management. The application of Hydrological Engineering Center River Analysis System (HEC RAS) and HEC HMS models, developed by the USA Hydrologic Engineering Center of the Army Corps of Engineers in a data-poor environment of a developing country were successful, as a flood modeling tools in early warning systems and land use planning. The methodology involved data collection, preparation, and model simulation using 30m Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) as a critical data input of HEC RAS model. The findings showed that modeling using HEC-RAS and HEC HMS models in a data-poor environment requires intensive data enhancements and adjustments; multiple utilization of open sources data; carrying out multiple model computation iterations and calibration; multiple field observation, which may be constrained with time and resources to get reasonable output. DA - 2020 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Hydrological modeling KW - hydraulic modeling KW - flood mapping KW - Geographical Information Systems KW - Remote Sensing LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2020 T1 - Riverine flooding using GIS and remote sensing TI - Riverine flooding using GIS and remote sensing UR - ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11427/31738 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Dambe N. Riverine flooding using GIS and remote sensing. []. ,Engineering and the Built Environment ,School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 2020 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment | |
| dc.subject | Hydrological modeling | |
| dc.subject | hydraulic modeling | |
| dc.subject | flood mapping | |
| dc.subject | Geographical Information Systems | |
| dc.subject | Remote Sensing | |
| dc.title | Riverine flooding using GIS and remote sensing | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationname | MPhil |