#builtenvironments — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #builtenvironments, aggregated by home.social.
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Flood Susceptibility Mapping Of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Using GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110653 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #analyticalhierarchyprocess #floodhazardcriteria #floodpotentialzone #localadministrativeunit #Nepal #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #processmodeling #water #hydrology #flood #flooding #Kathmandu #distance #proximity #river #climatechange #extremeweather #precipitation #rainfall #monsoon #builtenvironments #impervious #impervioussurfaces #concrete #stormwater #drainage #economics #environment #infrastructure #damage #ecology #floodinnundation #urbanplanning #criteria #slope #elevation #drainagedensity #rainfall #landuse #landcover #distancefromriver #distance #topography #elevation #floodsusceptibility #floodprone #risk #hazard #mitigation #budgets #costs #policymakers -
New National Heat Index [Maps & Data] Uses USGS [EROS] Data
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/new-national-heat-index-uses-usgs-data <-- link to technical article
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https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/Applications/heatTracker/ <-- link to CDC Heat & Health Tracker, by ZIP code
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[new national heat index product for the US, relying on USGS EROS impervious cover layer from the National Land Cover Database (NLCD)]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #NLCD #HeatAndHealthIndex #model #USA #index #publichealth #heat #heat #heatstress #heatexhaustion #heatstroke #climatechange #extremeweather #spatialanalysis #urban #urbanareas #heatislands #corrleation #heatindex #heatcycles #cities #concrete #buildings #vegetation #environment #impervious #impervioussurface #demographics #vulnerable #remotesensing #landsat #ZIPCode #builtenvironments #manmade #development
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