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A flood risk decision making approach for Mediterranean tree crops using GIS; climate change effects and flood-tolerant species

Kourgialas Nektarios, Georgios Karatzas

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URIhttp://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/5A9AB6AE-8F39-4B77-B213-F4E6799D48CD-
Identifierhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901116302416?via%3Dihub-
Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2016.05.020-
Languageen-
Extent11 pagesen
TitleA flood risk decision making approach for Mediterranean tree crops using GIS; climate change effects and flood-tolerant speciesen
CreatorKourgialas Nektariosen
CreatorΚουργιαλας Νεκταριοςel
CreatorGeorgios Karatzasen
CreatorΚαρατζας Γεωργιοςel
PublisherElsevieren
Content SummaryThe aim of this study is to estimate flood risk in the Mediterranean island of Crete in Greece, using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The island of Crete, covering an area of 8265 km2, is one of the most intensively Mediterranean agricultural areas dominated by fruit tree crops. In this study, the factors that are directly related to the creation of a flood are combined in a GIS environment in order to identify the most prone flooding areas. These factors are: (a) the Flow accumulation (F), (b) the Rainfall intensity (R), (c) the Elevation (E), (d) the Geology (G), (e) the Land use (L), and (f) the Slope (S). The initials of these factors gave the name to the proposed method: "FREGLS". The above factors are presented in the form of grid maps and are used in order to determine the final flood risk map. Subsequently, the flood prone fruit tree areas of Crete can be estimated by applying a methodology based on weighting coefficients. The reliability of the final flood risk map is verified using historical flooded data. Additionally, the impact of global climate change scenarios A2 and B1, on flood risk in Crete is examined. Based on the above, this study highlights the flood prone fruit tree areas in the island of Crete under current and future climate conditions. Also, flood-tolerant fruit trees which appear to be economically important for Greece are recommended, especially for the high flood risk areas of the island. The proposed methodology can be applied as a decision making tool for flood risk mitigation to any river basin where tree crops are cultivated.en
Type of ItemPeer-Reviewed Journal Publicationen
Type of ItemΔημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτέςel
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
Date of Item2018-10-03-
Date of Publication2016-
SubjectClimate changeen
SubjectCreteen
SubjectFlood risk assessmenten
SubjectFlood-tolerant fruit treesen
SubjectFruit tree areasen
SubjectGISen
Bibliographic CitationN. N. Kourgialas and G. P. Karatzas, "A flood risk decision making approach for Mediterranean tree crops using GIS; climate change effects and flood-tolerant species," Environ. Sci. Policy, vol. 63, pp. 132-142, Sept. 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.05.020en

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