According to Kowalzig 2008 the flood is a significant natural hazard that affects a particular geographical setting and over 170 million people annually However flood risk needs to be assessed and managed to avoid destruction in national borders the socio economic limitation as well as geographical locations Degiorgis et al 2012 Schanze 2006 classified flood risk management categories into a Flood risk mitigation b Flood risk assessment The two distinctions take into cognizance the level of hazard and impact since it is difficult to eliminate risk possibly without design strategies to control the flood impact hazard at high or regional scale to identify prone areas Tehrany Pradhan Jebur 2013 Provision of warning or alert is expected to facilitate argument response and decrease the impact of possible future flood events Kia et al 2012 mountainous areas are more vulnerable to the threat of flood hazard
The application of GIS based multi criteria analysis concerning flood risk and hazard assessment was rare until the year 2000 Black Burns 2002 explain the estimated flood risk on Scottish river and analyzing flood records using of existing GIS data Early attempt to use GIS on hydrologic context or water related issues were present in work of Kazakis Kougias Patsialis 2015