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The floods have showed an increasing in recent years in Tunisia and especially in Kasserine region, in the central part of Tunisia. This research aims to develop updated and accurate flood risk map in Kasserine region. The vulnerability and risk maps use geographical information systems (GIS) and multi-criteria analysis with the application of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) methods to estimate weights for each parameter that contribute to flood risk.
The flood risk map is obtained by superposition of vulnerability and hazard maps. It shows that risk is very high in the North of the study area and high in the South, and weak in the center of the study area. The most vulnerable areas are those in the northern part because the slope is very low and the density of the hydrographic network is high with the presence of impermeable urban areas with very low permeability . Socio-economic hazard mapping was carried out based on land use and spontaneous habitat. The high hazard zone corresponds to urban areas and the spontaneous settlements. In fact, according to the risk map, these same areas present high risks. What makes these areas require management measures in order to protect it against flooding during exceptional floods .
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This work was supported and financed by the national research project for the encouragements of young researchers PEJ “PEJC 01-19PEJC02” whose coordinator is Dr. Salwa SAIDI the first and the corresponding author. It is also supported in part by the Directorate of Dams and Hydraulic Works of the ministry of agriculture of Tunisia .
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Saidi, S., Dachraoui, W., Jarray, B. (2022). Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Multi-criteria Analysis Approach for flood Risk Mapping: Case of Kasserine Region, Tunisia. In: Al Saud, M.M. (eds) Applications of Space Techniques on the Natural Hazards in the MENA Region. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88874-9_11
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