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099 9 _aAIT Thesis no.DS-26-02
100 1 _aAcharya, Milan
245 1 0 _aAn integrated framework for evaluating the impact of flooding on road infrastructure in Kathmandu :
_bdamage assessment and cost estimation
260 _aPathum Thani, Thailand :
_bAsian Institute of Technology,
_c2026
300 _a137 leaves :
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_e1 online resource
490 1 _aThesis ;
_vno. DS-26-02
500 _aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Development and Sustainability
502 _aThesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2026
520 _aUrban flooding increasingly jeopardizes transportation in rapidly expanding Himalayan cities; yet, there is limited evidence of road damage and economic losses on a corridor-wide scale. This study analyzes the impact of flooding on road infrastructure in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, by combining comprehensive flood mapping with detailed damage and cost assessments of the Nakkhu flood incident. The study aimed to identify flood-prone sites in the Kathmandu Valley, assess flood-related damage to existing roadways, and evaluate the direct and indirect economic losses associated with such events. Methodologically, the first objective used Sentinel-1 SAR imagery to map the 2024 flood through threshold-based change detection and Random Forest classification. The second and third objectives focused on the completed section of the Nakkhu corridor and nearby bridge approaches, where inundation scenarios were translated into infrastructure damage using an adapted relative depth-damage function for transport assets, together with unit-cost replacement for direct losses and factor-based estimation for indirect losses. These analyses were supported by secondary spatial, hydraulic, and infrastructure data within a GIS-based framework. The results indicate that flood effects in the Kathmandu Valley are spatially uneven and primarily influenced by terrain, rivers, and urban land use. The analysis using the specified thresholds yielded approximately 9.38 km² of inundated regions, whereas a more thorough assessment of hydrological alterations in the landscape was achievable with a more precise Random Forest classification method. In the Nakkhu area, damages and losses exhibited a nonlinear relationship with flood depth, with bridges and adjacent roadways being particularly susceptible to flooding.
650 0 _aFlood damage
_xEconomic aspects
_zKathmandu
_zNepal
650 0 _aRoads
_xEconomic aspects
_zKathmandu
_zNepal
700 1 _aPramanik, Malay Kumar,
_eChairperson
700 1 _aTsusaka, Takuji W.,
_eExamination Committee
700 0 _aDuanghathai Buranajaroenkij,
_eExamination Committee
710 2 _aAIT Scholarship,
_eScholarship Donor
810 2 _aAsian Institute of Technology.
_tThesis ;
_vno. DS-26-02
856 4 0 _3Full-Text
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