Table 8 Relationship between number of floods and level of susceptible areas.

From: Flood sensitivity assessment of super cities

 

Susceptibility level

Number of floods

Flood ratio (%)

Partition area (km2)

Partition ratio (%)

Flood disaster density (1000 km2)

Flood susceptibility

Very low

19

7.39

4839.38

29.49

3.93

Low

21

8.17

4546.03

27.70

4.62

Moderate

39

15.18

2521.27

15.36

15.47

High

72

28.02

2359.45

14.38

30.52

Very high

109

42.41

2143.87

13.06

50.84

Urbanization

Very low

49

18.85

6589.49

40.16

7.44

Low

28

10.77

3104.88

18.92

9.02

Moderate

15

5.77

1978.16

12.05

7.58

High

3

1.15

1422.36

8.67

2.11

Very high

165

63.46

3315.11

20.20

49.77