Abstract
The flooding is a common feature for problem solution in rapidly urbanizing Dhaka city. In this research, evaluation of flood risk of Dhaka City Corporation has been developed by using an integrated approach of GIS, remote sensing with socio-economic data. The purpose of the study is to measure the flooding risk concerning with the flood protection embankment in remarkable flooding events (1988, 1998 and 2004) and urbanization of Dhaka metropolitan zone. Using statistical data we explored the socio-economic status of the study area population by comparing the density of population, land price and income level. We have drawn the cross section profile of the flood protection embankment into three different points for realizing the flooding risk in the study area. Comparing with each land cover unit, historical water level data and the socio-economic data the flooding risk has been evaluated. Moreover, we compared between DEM data and each land cover units to find out the relationship with the flood.
