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The frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall events over Hyderabad, India, are often the cause of devastating floods in its urban and peri-urban areas. This paper introduces a quantitative approach to assessing urban vulnerability to floods in Hyderabad, identifying informal settlements via high resolution satellite photography and through the development of a flood model for urban and peri-urban areas.
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Kit, O., Lüdeke, M., Reckien, D. (2011). Assessment of Climate Change-Induced Vulnerability to Floods in Hyderabad, India, Using Remote Sensing Data. In: Otto-Zimmermann, K. (eds) Resilient Cities. Local Sustainability, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0785-6_4
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