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Table 5 Flood hazard

From: Modelling the spatial distribution of five natural hazards in the context of the WHO/EMRO Atlas of Disaster Risk as a step towards the reduction of the health impact related to disasters

 

Historical flood hazard level

  

Land cover category

None (%)

Low (%)

Medium (%)

High (%)

Weighted score

SWS

Built areas

7.741

51.817

26.540

13.902

200.948

3

Dry cropland and pasture

6.103

38.959

37.281

17.657

239.089

3

Cropland/grassland

19.716

67.139

12.639

0.506

107.586

2

Cropland/woodland

23.442

59.492

16.867

0.200

111.092

2

Shrubland

17.921

68.436

12.834

0.808

110.980

2

Shrubland/grassland

10.323

86.129

3.548

0.000

96.774

2

Savanna

20.857

62.403

15.573

1.168

114.961

2

Deciduous, evergreen forest

28.686

52.083

18.109

1.122

112.019

2

Water

4.926

57.475

30.747

6.852

183.975

2

Herbaceous wetland

46.667

33.333

20.000

0.000

93.333

1

Wooded wetland

4.762

61.905

33.333

0.000

161.905

2

Barren

21.883

73.357

4.727

0.033

87.703

1

Wooded tundra

27.121

48.485

24.394

0.000

121.667

2

Mixed tundra

7.143

78.571

14.286

0.000

121.429

2

Snow or ice

64.834

30.246

4.920

0.000

45.007

1

Partly developed

10.759

59.034

22.069

8.138

165.931

2

Unclassified

21.277

63.830

14.894

0.000

108.511

2

  1. Area percentage distribution for the different historical flood hazard levels, weighted score and standardized weighted scores (SWS) for the different land cover categories observed in the study area