Scale and Resolution Considerations in the Application of HAZUS-MH 2.1 to Flood Risk Assessments

Abstract

This study examines a tool developed by the U.S. FEMA for performing earthquake, hurricane, and flood hazard modeling and damage assessment. The focus of this research was to compare the native flood modeling and damage assessment functionalities of this tool with the May 2010 floods that impacted Davidson County (Nashville), Tennessee. Flood scenarios were created at the county and subcounty levels by using 1 and