Effect of Urban Development in Risk of Floods in Veracruz, Mexico
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data and Methodology
- R = risk
- H = hazard
- V = vulnerability
- = standardized factor
- = value of the sample to standardize
- ; = minimum and maximum values of the series
3. Results
3.1. Trends in the Number of Floods
3.2. Hazard
3.3. Vulnerability
3.4. Urban Dynamics
3.5. Flood Dynamics: Case Studies
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Region/Period | 1970–1990 | 1991–2000 | 2000–2015 |
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Panuco basin | 16.3 | 9.9 | 15.1 |
Papaloapan basin | 33.07 | 31.93 | 31.92 |
Coatzacoalcos basin | 36.61 | 33.74 | 34.44 |
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Zúñiga, E.; Magaña, V.; Piña, V. Effect of Urban Development in Risk of Floods in Veracruz, Mexico. Geosciences 2020, 10, 402. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10100402
Zúñiga E, Magaña V, Piña V. Effect of Urban Development in Risk of Floods in Veracruz, Mexico. Geosciences. 2020; 10(10):402. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10100402
Chicago/Turabian StyleZúñiga, Emmanuel, Víctor Magaña, and Violeta Piña. 2020. "Effect of Urban Development in Risk of Floods in Veracruz, Mexico" Geosciences 10, no. 10: 402. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10100402