期刊名称：American Journal of Geographic Information System
印刷版ISSN：2163-1131
电子版ISSN：2163-114X
出版年度：2019
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：1-10
DOI：10.5923/j.ajgis.20190801.01
语种：English
出版社：Scientific & Academic Publishing Co.
摘要：Floods are probably the most recurring, widespread, disastrous and frequent natural hazards of the world. However, human activities in many circumstances change flood behavior. Kewet District is one of the most severely flood affected areas in Southeast Amhara region in general and Robit Catchment in particular. Hence, in order to manage such problem, a complete understanding of hazard identification and risk assessment is very crucial. Therefore, the present study was carried out to assess the flood risk in Kewet District with the application of Multi Criteria Evaluation (MCE) technique in GIS environment. To do this causative factors were developed in the GIS and Remote Sensing environment. The findings of the study revealed that 37.62% of the District is under high and very high (extreme) flood risk. Thus, the study will help the concerned authorities to formulate their development strategies according to the available flood risk to the area.
