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Application of Remote Sensing and GIS for Risk Assessment in Monastir, Tunisia

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Climate change and urbanization have increased disaster risk in cities and urged the need for effective disaster risk management and risk-informed urban planning. However, up-to-date data that can support risk assessments is often lacking. The ever increasing spatial and temporal resolution of remote sensing sensors offers tremendous opportunities to support risk assessments in cities. In a pilot project for the coastal city of Monastir, Tunisia, multi-temporal optical remote sensing and spatial analysis have been used to support the assessment of current and future exposure, vulnerability, and risk associated with flash floods and coastal erosion. The results were made available in a web-based information system that enables stakeholders to develop response mechanisms and to integrate risk information into urban planning in order to meet the challenges associated with urban disaster risk. The chapter focusses on the role of remote sensing and GIS for urban risk assessments, drawing on lessons from Monastir, and discusses the potential transferability to other urban settings.

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    https://data.worldbank.org/country/tunisia.

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    http://www.iso.org (ISO 19113:2002; ISO 19110:2002; ISO 19126:2009; ISO 19115:2003).

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    http://www.opengeospatial.org/docs/is.

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    MIKE FLOOD—Modelling Software MIKE21 (source: DHI—Wasy).

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    https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/EO_disaster.

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Acknowledgements

The research is part of the project UD-RASP (grant no. ECHO/SUB/2016/740186/PREV19) funded by European Commission Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO).

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  1. IABG, Einsteinstraße 20, 85521, Ottobrunn, Germany

    Felicitas Bellert, Konstanze Fila & Reinhard Thoms

  2. Institute for Environment and Human Security, United Nations University, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113, Bonn, Germany

    Michael Hagenlocher, Mostapha Harb & Davide Cotti

  3. 16, El Amal City, 5000, Monastir, Tunisia

    Hayet Baccouche

  4. Municipalité de Monastir, Avenue Habib Bourguiba, 5019, Monastir, Tunisia

    Sonia Ayed

  5. Department of Geography, LMU Munich, Luisenstraße 37, 80333, Munich, Germany

    Matthias Garschagen

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Bellert, F. et al. (2021). Application of Remote Sensing and GIS for Risk Assessment in Monastir, Tunisia. In: Khebour Allouche, F., Negm, A.M. (eds) Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS in Tunisia. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63668-5_10

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