Abstract
The terrible tsunami disaster, on 26 December 2004 hit Krabi, one of the ecotourist and very fascinating
provinces of southern Thailand including its various regions e.g. Phangna and Phuket by devastating
the human lives, coastal communications and the financially viable activities. This research study has
been aimed to generate the tsunami hazard preventing based lands use planning model using GIS
(Geographical Information Systems) based on the hazard suitability analysis approach. The different
triggering factors e.g. elevation, proximity to shore line, population density, mangrove, forest, stream
and road have been used based on the land use zoning criteria. Those criteria have been used by using
Saaty scale of importance one, of the mathematical techniques. This model has been classified according
to the land suitability classification. The various techniques of GIS, namely subsetting, spatial analysis,
map difference and data conversion have been used. The model has been generated with five categories
such as high, moderate, low, very low and not suitable regions illustrating with their appropriate definition
for the decision makers to redevelop the region.
Citation
ID:
174951
Ref Key:
soomro2012mehrantsunami