P MANJUSREE AND G SRINIVASA RAO

WATER MANAGEMENT Flood Hazard Evaluation and Satellite Data

Flood hazard zonation is one of the most important non-structural measures, facilitating appropriate regulation and development of floodplains and thereby reducing the flood impact. Satellite remote sensing data have the capability to ‘provide comprehensive, synoptic and multitemporal coverage of large areas in near real time and at frequent intervals’ over the flood-affected regions.

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