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GIS-based multiple hazard risk assessment : a case study for the City of Kelowna,https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/39841
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Application Of Gis In Seismic Risk Assessment For The City Of Kelowna, Md. Nurul Alam
Application Of Gis In Seismic Risk Assessment For The City Of Kelowna, Md. Nurul Alam
Md. Nurul Alam
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Application Of Event Tree Analysis In Wildfire Risk Assessment For The City Of Kelowna, Md. Nurul Alam
Application Of Event Tree Analysis In Wildfire Risk Assessment For The City Of Kelowna, Md. Nurul Alam
Md. Nurul Alam
The devastating inferno of the Okanagan Mountain Park Fire of 2003, which caused significant damage to infrastructure, home, private properties and caused evacuation of affected people from the City of Kelowna. Consequently, it raised the importance of conducting a risk assessment for the City. This study focused on analyzing the existing risks from wild fire, and the estimation of loss and damage with the help of proposed event tree method for the City of Kelowna. Finally, the risky areas have been represented spatially with the help of geographic information system (GIS) to provide a basis for an effective decision making …