ANALYSIS OF THE VULNERABILITY OF THE CITY OF BATNA (ALGERIA) TO FLOODING

Abstract

The objective of this research paper is to estimate the vulnerability of the city of Batna to flooding. A multi-criteria analysis has been performed in a geographic information system (GIS) by integrating several features relating to socio-economic stakes with the aim of better understanding, assessing and spatializing the level of vulnerability in the city. Therefore, we have used a customised index approach where each parameter is a numerical index indicating the importance of the stakes, resulting in a code to be used for the modelling.

Keywords

• flooding
• GIS
• multi-criteria analysis
• vulnerability