Metropolisation, urbanisation and flood debacle modeling exposures of Yakutsk (Russia)

Sébastien Gadal (1, 2)

1 ESPACE - Études des Structures, des Processus d’Adaptation et des Changements de l’Espace
2 AMU - Aix Marseille Université

Some circumpolar regions as Yakutsk in the North Eastern Siberia are characterised by an emerging process of metropolisation. The emergence of large urban areas in Yakutsk increases the level of vulnerability of the population of the Lena’s river debacle flooding. A spatial model based on remote sensing measures the level of urban population exposure of flooding, the vulnerability to the spring breakup flood risk and potential consequences.

Mots clés: Metropolisation; Urbanisation; Flooding; Vulnerability Analysis; Arctic Climate; Yakutsk; Spatial Modeling

Domaines: Traitement des images [eess.IV]; Méthodes et statistiques; Environnement et Société; Géographie; Modélisation et simulation

Sébastien Gadal. Metropolisation, urbanisation and flood debacle modeling exposures of Yakutsk (Russia). French-Nordic event: The Urban Arctic, Ambassade de France en Suède - University of Umea, Jun 2016, Umea, Sweden. ⟨hal-01820157⟩