Spatial prediction of coastal flood-susceptible areas in muscat governorate using an entropy weighted method

Hanan Y. Al-Hinai, Rifaat Abdalla

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Abstract

Flooding is one of the most commonly occurring natural hazards worldwide. Mapping and evaluation of potential flood hazards are vital parts of flood risk assessment and mitigation. This study focuses on predicting the coastal flood susceptibility area in Muscat Governorate, Sultanate of Oman. First, it is assumed that the occurrence of a hazard can be determined based on the indicators influencing it. Thus, four indicators were selected and classified into five classes based on their contribution to flood hazard probability; these include ground elevation, slope degree, soil hydrologic group, and distance from the coast. Then, the entropy weighted method was applied to calculate the weights of given indicators in influencing flood hazards. The results were finally aggregated into ArcGIS software and the produced maps were reclassified into five coastal flood susceptibility zones. The results show that the soil indicator has the highest rate of weight in Wilayats Bawshar, Muttrah, Muscat and Qurayyat. While the elevation indicator has the highest rate of flood hazard in Wilayat AlSeeb. The weight results were used then for calculation of flood hazard index which was then classified into five classes of flood hazard susceptibility zones. The results of this work will be very useful in pursuing work on assessing the potential of multiple hazard risk interactions. It is essential to include certain indicators such as land use and land cover in future work, as they play a major role in water infiltration and runoff behaviour.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRisk Analysis XII
EditorsS. Syngellakis, A. Fabbri
PublisherWITPress
Pages121-133
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9781784664015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Event12th International Conference on Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation, 2020 - Lisbon, Portugal
Duration: Jun 23 2020Jun 25 2020

Publication series

NameWIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences
Volume129
ISSN (Print)1743-3533

Conference

Conference12th International Conference on Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation, 2020
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityLisbon
Period6/23/206/25/20

Keywords

  • ArcGIS software
  • Entropy weighted method
  • Influencing indicators
  • Precondition factors
  • Sultanate of Oman
  • Trigger factors

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Mechanics
  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
  • Electrochemistry

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