Flash floods rank among the most catastrophic natural disasters worldwide, inflicting severe
socio-economic, environmental, and human impacts. Consequently, accurately identifying …

Flood prediction is an important task, which helps local decision-makers in taking effective
measures to reduce damage to the people and economy. Currently, most studies use …

The prioritization of watersheds has increasingly become an optimal and relevant approach
for the management and planning against natural hazards. This approach is based on the …

Climate change and anthropogenic factors have exacerbated flood risks in many regions
across the globe, including the Himalayan foothill region in India. The Jia Bharali River …

Abstract Urban Land Suitability analysis is necessary in any development project in order to
ensure rational urban planning and sustainable development. In this study, a novel …

Flood susceptibility maps provide invaluable information for assessing and managing flood-
prone areas, aiding in proactive planning, risk reduction strategies, and safeguarding …

Floods, as natural disasters, impose significant human and financial burdens, necessitating
stringent mitigation measures. The recurrent annual incidence of floods precipitates …

Glacial lakes in the Himalayan region have triggered numerous glacial lake outburst floods
(GLOFs), leading to extreme flash floods and extensive destruction. Therefore, identifying …

Climate change has substantially increased both the occurrence and intensity of flood
events, particularly in the Indian subcontinent, exacerbating threats to human populations …

This study focuses on determining the optimal distance metric in the K-Nearest Neighbors
(KNN) algorithm for spatial modelling of floods. Four distance metrics of the KNN algorithm …