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Potential flood hazard zone mapping based on geomorphologic considerations and fuzzy analytical hierarchy model in a data scarce West African basin

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Abstract Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) was employed to map and rank flood hazard zones within the Northwest Benin Owena River Basin (NWBORB). Topographic wetness index, elevation, altitude above channel,… Click to show full abstract

Abstract Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) was employed to map and rank flood hazard zones within the Northwest Benin Owena River Basin (NWBORB). Topographic wetness index, elevation, altitude above channel, slope, drainage density, convergence index, and runoff contributing to water accumulation/stagnation were processed to generate the flood hazard map of the basin. Values for the relative importance of each factor for flood occurrence were obtained using FAHP; these factors were super-imposed using weighted overlay. Sensitivity analysis of the weights was conducted to determine their influence on the overall analysis. The resultant flood hazard map was classified into five zones very high, high, moderate, low, and very low. Sensitivity analysis of the result showed that runoff and slope were the most sensitive factors in the analysis with values of 1.163 and 1.132, respectively. A comparison between flood hazard map and historical floods within the basin established the reliability of the methodology.

Keywords: flood hazard; analytical hierarchy; fuzzy analytical; basin; flood

Journal Title: Geocarto International
Year Published: 2019

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