Evaluating flood hazards in data-sparse coastal lowlands: highlighting the Ayeyarwady Delta (Myanmar)

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 19; no. 8; pp. 84007 - 84020
• Main Authors: Seeger, Katharina, Peffeköver, Andreas, Minderhoud, Philip S J, Vogel, Anissa, Brückner, Helmut, Kraas, Frauke, Oo, Nay Win, Brill, Dominik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.08.2024
• Subjects: Accessibility; coastal lowlands; Datasets; Decision making; Deltas; Economic development; Evaluation; Flood hazards; Flooding; Floods; Food security; Hazard assessment; Land use; Lowlands; monsoon; Precipitation; Regional development; relative sea-level rise; river deltas; River discharge; River flow; Rivers; Satellite imagery; storm surge; Storm surges; Water discharge; Workflow; Myanmar (Burma)

Abstract Coastal lowlands and river deltas worldwide are increasingly exposed to coastal, pluvial and fluvial flooding as well as relative sea-level rise (RSLR). However, information about both single and multiple flood-type hazards, their potential impact and the characteristics of areas, populatio...