Flood risk and shelter suitability mapping using geospatial technique for sustainable urban flood management: a case study in Palembang city, South Sumatera, Indonesia

The populous city of Palembang is one of the most flood-prone cities in the Indonesian region. After some decades, the magnitude, duration, and frequency of floods have increased. Thus, this study aimed to develop flood risk and flood shelter suitability maps using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AH...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Rendana, Wan Mohd Razi Idris, Sahibin Abdul Rahim, Hazem Ghassan Abdo, Hussein Almohamad, Ahmed Abdullah Al Dughairi
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/24749508.2023.2205717
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Wan Mohd Razi Idris
Sahibin Abdul Rahim
Hazem Ghassan Abdo
Hussein Almohamad
Ahmed Abdullah Al Dughairi
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description The populous city of Palembang is one of the most flood-prone cities in the Indonesian region. After some decades, the magnitude, duration, and frequency of floods have increased. Thus, this study aimed to develop flood risk and flood shelter suitability maps using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Geographical Information System (GIS) integration. Several flood-related factors that used in this study such as elevation, population, slope, land cover, distance from a river, drainage density, distance to a road, distance to a settlement, and soil type. Results found that the flood risk map of the study area was divided into three classes; 30.3% of the area was at high flood risk, while 60.5% was at moderate risk, and 9.2% of the area was at low flood risk. Moreover, flood shelter suitability assessments revealed that approximately 4.1% of flood shelters were highly suitable, 19.4% were moderately suitable, 60.5% were lowly suitable, and 16.1% were very lowly suitable. The highest suitability areas were predominantly found on the northwest and north sides of study area which were higher in elevation (ranging 13–41 m) and farther from the river. They could be assumed to be good choices for flood shelters.
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spelling doaj-art-0bc02e87eed74f90a97618ca60d75b4e2025-08-20T03:12:20ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGeology, Ecology, and Landscapes2474-95082025-04-019245246210.1080/24749508.2023.2205717Flood risk and shelter suitability mapping using geospatial technique for sustainable urban flood management: a case study in Palembang city, South Sumatera, IndonesiaMuhammad Rendana0Wan Mohd Razi Idris1Sahibin Abdul Rahim2Hazem Ghassan Abdo3Hussein Almohamad4Ahmed Abdullah Al Dughairi5Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Sriwijaya, Sumatra Selatan, IndonesiaDepartment of Earth Sciences and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, MalaysiaDepartment of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, MalaysiaGeography Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Tartous University, Tartous, SyriaDepartment of Geography, College of Arabic Language and Social Studies, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Geography, College of Arabic Language and Social Studies, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi ArabiaThe populous city of Palembang is one of the most flood-prone cities in the Indonesian region. After some decades, the magnitude, duration, and frequency of floods have increased. Thus, this study aimed to develop flood risk and flood shelter suitability maps using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Geographical Information System (GIS) integration. Several flood-related factors that used in this study such as elevation, population, slope, land cover, distance from a river, drainage density, distance to a road, distance to a settlement, and soil type. Results found that the flood risk map of the study area was divided into three classes; 30.3% of the area was at high flood risk, while 60.5% was at moderate risk, and 9.2% of the area was at low flood risk. Moreover, flood shelter suitability assessments revealed that approximately 4.1% of flood shelters were highly suitable, 19.4% were moderately suitable, 60.5% were lowly suitable, and 16.1% were very lowly suitable. The highest suitability areas were predominantly found on the northwest and north sides of study area which were higher in elevation (ranging 13–41 m) and farther from the river. They could be assumed to be good choices for flood shelters.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/24749508.2023.2205717AHPdisaster managementflood mappingrisk assessment
spellingShingle Muhammad Rendana
Wan Mohd Razi Idris
Sahibin Abdul Rahim
Hazem Ghassan Abdo
Hussein Almohamad
Ahmed Abdullah Al Dughairi
Flood risk and shelter suitability mapping using geospatial technique for sustainable urban flood management: a case study in Palembang city, South Sumatera, Indonesia
Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes
AHP
disaster management
flood mapping
risk assessment
title Flood risk and shelter suitability mapping using geospatial technique for sustainable urban flood management: a case study in Palembang city, South Sumatera, Indonesia
title_full Flood risk and shelter suitability mapping using geospatial technique for sustainable urban flood management: a case study in Palembang city, South Sumatera, Indonesia
title_fullStr Flood risk and shelter suitability mapping using geospatial technique for sustainable urban flood management: a case study in Palembang city, South Sumatera, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Flood risk and shelter suitability mapping using geospatial technique for sustainable urban flood management: a case study in Palembang city, South Sumatera, Indonesia
title_short Flood risk and shelter suitability mapping using geospatial technique for sustainable urban flood management: a case study in Palembang city, South Sumatera, Indonesia
title_sort flood risk and shelter suitability mapping using geospatial technique for sustainable urban flood management a case study in palembang city south sumatera indonesia
topic AHP
disaster management
flood mapping
risk assessment
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/24749508.2023.2205717
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