Using GIS for Flood Hazard Assessment
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| Title: | Using GIS for Flood Hazard Assessment |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Alan Smith (ORCID |
| Source: | Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 2025 49(2):287-293. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Geographic Information Systems, Geographic Distribution, Census Figures, Higher Education, Natural Disasters, Risk Assessment, Open Educational Resources, Student Developed Materials, Undergraduate Study |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom (England) |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03098265.2024.2361606 |
| ISSN: | 0309-8265 1466-1845 |
| Abstract: | When evaluating environmental challenges such as vulnerability to natural hazards, it is important to consider both the physical exposure as well as the socio-demographic characteristics of a population. Human populations and their characteristics vary considerably over space and time. This paper introduces and evaluates an open-source resource that has been developed to introduce students in higher education to the quantitative skills required to evaluate pressing social and environmental challenges. It utilises census and hazard data within QGIS and R for a flood risk example in southwest England. A standalone online practical resource supports students to obtain, prepare, visualise and analyse geospatial data with reference to population characteristics. Within the exemplar provided, it is determined that there is a significant (p < 0.01) but small difference in the population exposed to flood risk based on socio-economic classification within SW England. The resource is reviewed following student feedback as well as a discussion for its use as a possible outreach tool. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1465891 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | When evaluating environmental challenges such as vulnerability to natural hazards, it is important to consider both the physical exposure as well as the socio-demographic characteristics of a population. Human populations and their characteristics vary considerably over space and time. This paper introduces and evaluates an open-source resource that has been developed to introduce students in higher education to the quantitative skills required to evaluate pressing social and environmental challenges. It utilises census and hazard data within QGIS and R for a flood risk example in southwest England. A standalone online practical resource supports students to obtain, prepare, visualise and analyse geospatial data with reference to population characteristics. Within the exemplar provided, it is determined that there is a significant (p < 0.01) but small difference in the population exposed to flood risk based on socio-economic classification within SW England. The resource is reviewed following student feedback as well as a discussion for its use as a possible outreach tool. |
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| ISSN: | 0309-8265 1466-1845 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03098265.2024.2361606 |
