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DOI	10.1007/s11069-021-04783-w
	Investigating the flood damages in Lower Indus Basin since 2000: Spatiotemporal analyses of the major flood events
	Atif S.; Umar M.; Ullah F.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0921030X
起始页码	2357
结束页码	2383
卷号	108 期号:2
英文摘要	While historically significant for ancient civilizations, the Indus basin is also known for its floods and complex anthropogenic management history. Resulting from years of modifications by the pre-British era Mughal rulers followed by the post-partition division of river waters among the two neighbors, India and Pakistan, Pakistan faces severe management and financial challenges of water management. This study investigates the intricacies arising from this complicated management doctrine for the lower Indus basin. A detailed remote sensing-based analysis of the significant floods to hit the lower Indus basin since 2000 has been provided. Flood years were identified, and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data for the years 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2016 were used to map their spatiotemporal extents. Almost all the flood water accumulated in the north is released in one river channel of the lower Indus basin. Further, the challenges were exacerbated due to the excessive rainfall in 2011 and 2012 in southeastern Sindh. A trend analysis of rainfall data shows an increase in the southern basin in the last 21 years, particularly toward the central plains and Sindh Province. The floodwater accumulated in the lower basin for as many as ~ 425 days on average, stretching to ~ 800 days of stagnancy in some places. The water stagnation period has been the highest in the river floodplain, highly populated and cultivated. The analyses of the current study suggest that the riverine channel has been better managed after the 2010 floods; however, the monsoon’s shift in 2011 and 2012 led to widespread disaster in low-lying regions of Sindh Province. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
关键词	Disaster management Floods Indus basin MODIS Trend analysis Water stagnation
语种	英语
来源期刊	Natural Hazards
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/206091
作者单位	Institute of Geographical Information Systems (IGIS), School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SCEE), National University of Sciences & Technology, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan; School of Built Environment, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Atif S.,Umar M.,Ullah F.. Investigating the flood damages in Lower Indus Basin since 2000: Spatiotemporal analyses of the major flood events[J],2021,108(2).
APA	Atif S.,Umar M.,&Ullah F..(2021).Investigating the flood damages in Lower Indus Basin since 2000: Spatiotemporal analyses of the major flood events.Natural Hazards,108(2).
MLA	Atif S.,et al."Investigating the flood damages in Lower Indus Basin since 2000: Spatiotemporal analyses of the major flood events".Natural Hazards 108.2(2021).