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Mitigating Flood Losses: An Introduction to Implementing a Basin-wide Approach Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Alejandro F. Tongco

Discipline: Governance

 

Abstract:

The paper is an introduction to implementing a basin-wide approach using remote sensing and geographic information systems with a purpose of mitigating flood losses in Cagayan de Oro City. The paper discusses remotely sensed imagery and explores the strategy in building the GIS database for the Cagayan de Oro flood loss reduction project.