Integrated River Basin Monitoring and Flood Warning System /
Natural disasters are inevitable and can be disastrous. Flood has been one of the major and common natural disasters in most countries around the world. In December 2014, Malaysia was struck by a dreadful flood catastrophe and its aftermath was devastated. Kelantan was severely affected as almost al...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Kuala Lumpur :
Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia,
2017
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| Online Access: | http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/4897 |
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| Summary: | Natural disasters are inevitable and can be disastrous. Flood has been one of the major and common natural disasters in most countries around the world. In December 2014, Malaysia was struck by a dreadful flood catastrophe and its aftermath was devastated. Kelantan was severely affected as almost all parts of the state were wrecked by the massive flood. Time management and sufficient data are essential in order to reduce the impacts of the disaster during a state of emergency. Inadequate data and complicated display are a few factors that might distract information gathering process and consequently lead to the delay of necessary actions. This dissertation presents the development of an interactive and informative graphical user interface (GUI) for a river basin monitoring and flood warning system. Based on the previous history, Kelantan has been chosen as the research study area. Its implementation involves an integration of multiple types of data into one fusion center. The proposed tool, Integrated River Basin Monitoring and Flood Warning System, is capable of displaying real-time data of water level (river stage) and rainfall rate measured from 25 hydrological stations in Kelantan. It also provides an access to view tidal predictions for Kelantan waters as well as issues warnings of possible flood occurrences in certain areas. Two solutions were highlighted in this research; a stand-alone application and a web-based application. The stand-alone application provides a GUI for staff of related authorities while the web-based application serves as a means to disseminate the information to the public in the fastest way possible. The whole processes in the development of this first prototype are conducted and performed using open-source software and tools such as Quantum GIS (QGIS), PHP and PostgreSQL as the database. Other powerful software and tools deployed in the development include Visual Basic .NET programming language in freeware Visual Studio 2015 Community environment, HTML and JavaScript. The outcomes of the system shows that both solutions manage to retrieve data from the database, display the latest updated and crucial data in a simple yet easy-to-understand interface and generate appropriate warnings when river stage or rainfall rate surpasses specific limits at particular stations. This system aims to be a useful and reliable river basin monitoring and flood warning system which serves as a one stop information center by providing the critical information. Although monitoring rainfall rate and any drastic changes in river stage at river basin cannot prevent the floods, it may benefit the community as initial flood warnings can be issued before the water reaches the general population. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 104 leaves : illustrations ; 30cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-103). |