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Administrative boundary layer of KwaZulu-Natal local municipalities prepared for summarising flood-related indicators (e.g., inundation depth classes, flood risk classes, impacted land cover/infrastructure) using zonal statistics and spatial overlays. |
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Administrative boundary layer of KwaZulu-Natal local municipalities prepared for summarising flood-related indicators (e.g., inundation depth classes, flood risk classes, impacted land cover/infrastructure) using zonal statistics and spatial overlays. |
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SRK Consulting — Disaster Management Risk Assessment (KZN). Data sources: Municipal boundary dataset (specify: e.g., Stats SA / Muni Demarcation Board / internal SRK harmonised boundaries). |
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<div style="font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:20px;"><p>The <strong>LocalMunicsFloodsKZN</strong> layer represents the administrative geography used to summarise and report flood risk and inundation results at <strong>local municipal level</strong>.</p><p>The layer was prepared and used as follows:</p><ol><li>Local municipality boundary data for KwaZulu-Natal were compiled and quality-checked to ensure topological integrity and consistency with provincial reporting boundaries.</li><li>The boundary layer was spatially aligned to the same projection and extent as the flood inundation and flood risk rasters.</li><li><strong>Zonal statistics and spatial overlay analyses</strong> were performed using this layer to:<ul><li>Summarise inundation depth classes per municipality</li><li>Calculate average or dominant flood risk values</li><li>Identify municipalities with higher relative exposure</li></ul></li><li>Resulting statistics were stored as attributes linked to each municipality polygon and used for mapping, tabulation, and reporting.</li></ol></div> |
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<div style="font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:20px;">This layer supports <strong>municipal-level reporting, comparison, and prioritisation</strong> within disaster management planning.<br>Results reflect aggregated, screening-level flood indicators and do not replace site-specific flood studies or municipal floodline determinations.</div> |
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KZN Local Municipalities — Flood Exposure / Flood Risk Summary |
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["KZN","KwaZulu-Natal","local municipalities","admin boundaries","flood risk","exposure","zonal statistics","disaster risk assessment"] |
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