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. 2022 Mar 8;8(3):e09075.
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09075. eCollection 2022 Mar.

A systematic review of the flood vulnerability using geographic information system

Shiau Wei Chan  1 , Sheikh Kamran Abid  1 , Noralfishah Sulaiman  1 , Umber Nazir  1 , Kamran Azam  2
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A systematic review of the flood vulnerability using geographic information system

Shiau Wei Chan et al. Heliyon. .

Abstract

The world has faced many disasters in recent years, but flood impacts have gained immense importance and attention due to their adverse effects. More than half of global flood destruction and damages occur in the Asia region, which causes losses of life, damage infrastructure, and creates panic conditions among the communities. To provide a better understanding of flood hazard management, flood vulnerability assessment is the primary objective. In this case, vulnerability is the central construct in flood analysis and assessment. Many researchers have defined different approaches and methods to understand vulnerability assessment and how geographic information systems assess the flood vulnerability and their associated risk. Geographic information systems track and predict the disaster trend and mitigate the risk and damages. This study systematically reviews the methodologies used to measure floods and their vulnerabilities by integrating geographic information system. Articles on flood vulnerability from 2010 to 2020 were selected and reviewed. Through the systematic review methodology of five research engines, the researchers discovered a difference in flood vulnerability assessment tools and techniques that can be bridged by integrating high-resolution data with a multidimensional vulnerability methodology. The study reviewed several vulnerability components and directly examined the shortcomings in flood vulnerability approaches at different levels. The research contributed that the indicator-based approach gives a better understanding of vulnerability assessment. The geographic information system provides an effective environment for mapping and precise analysis to mitigate the flood disaster.

Keywords: Disaster; Flood vulnerability; Geographic information system.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Dimensions of flood vulnerability and flood risk assessment approaches; Modified from Cho and Chang (2017).
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Figure 2
Stages of systematic literature review.
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Figure 3
Distribution of the studies published by country (201–2020).
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