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The Role of Factors Affecting Flood Hazard Zoning Using Analytical Hierarchy Process: A Review

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Flood hazard zoning is an important problem that has received much attention from environmental researchers. This problem requires complex spatial analysis; hence, numerous criteria have to be assessed. Factors contributing to the flood formation includes both natural and socioeconomic ones. However, the central question is what factors are important in creating a flood and how to quantify these factors. To answer this question, one of the popular approaches is the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) developed by Saaty. The usage of the AHP algorithm to calculate the weight of each factor is one of the main steps in the process of creating a flood hazard map. This paper will provide an overview of the factors that affect flood formation and analyze their weight by selecting and evaluating the degree of effect of factors in various research using the AHP algorithm. The results can be used as a reference for studies on flood risk zoning in different basins when selecting the impact criteria.

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    Nguyen Ba Dung

  2. Department of Mine Surveying, Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, 18 Vien street, Hanoi, 10000, Vietnam

    Nguyen Quoc Long

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208016, India

    Ropesh Goyal

  4. Faculty of Water Resources Engineering, Thuyloi University, 175 Tay Son street, Ha Noi, 100000, Vietnam

    Dang Tran An

  5. Department of Geodesy, Thuyloi University, 175 Tay Son street, Hanoi, 10000, Vietnam

    Dang Tuyet Minh

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Dung, N.B., Long, N.Q., Goyal, R. et al. The Role of Factors Affecting Flood Hazard Zoning Using Analytical Hierarchy Process: A Review. Earth Syst Environ 6, 697–713 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-021-00235-4

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