GIS-integrated AHP-driven Susceptibility Prognosis of Fluvial Inundation in a Data-scarce Basin: The Shilabati River Case with Ground-truthing by Affected Communities
Tarun Sasmal
Department of Geography, Malda Women's College, Shanti Gopal Sen Sarani, Pirojpur, Malda, PIN – 732101, India.
Uttam Bhunia *
Department of Geography, Garhbeta College, Garhbeta, Paschim Medinipur, PIN- 721127, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
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Keywords: Flood susceptibility, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), Geographic Information System (GIS), Shilabati River basin, weighted overlay analysis, Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), participatory validation