STANDARDIZED DATABASE FOR FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT IN MOROCCO

Abstract. Flood is considered to be one the worst kind of hazard. It has severe effects on human society in the form life losses, damages to property, roads, and on natural setting. The inventory of affected sites in Morocco is important for better risk management. This article describes the detailed process for creating, modeling, and designing the flood database. This design allows homogenization of data exchanges between national stakeholders and follows international standards for flood risk management. It is standardized and could be interoperable.