Flood Control Management for the City and Surroundings of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Mashael  Mohammed Al Saud

Flood Control Management for the City and Surroundings of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Buch | Softcover
169 Seiten
2016 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-024-0144-8 (ISBN)
89,99 inkl. MwSt
During the past years, Saudi Arabia has been affected by particularly severe torrential rains and floods. This book presents an in-depth and all-encompassing study on the floods that occurred in the Jeddah area in 2009 and 2011, including water-flow mechanisms, state-of-the-art techniques for flood assessment, flood control and appropriate management approaches. It highlights a number of methods and concepts that can be applied in similar areas in Saudi Arabia in order to reduce and mitigate the impact of torrential rains and floods.

Literature Review and General Concepts.- Methodology and Tools of Analysis.- Physical and Anthropogenic Factors.- Floods and Torrents of Jeddah.- Hydrologic Analysis of DEMs.- Data Analysis and Manipulation.- Data Modeling for Floods and Torrents Assessment.- Localities Damaged from Floods and Torrents.- The Existing Technical Flood Control in Jeddah.- Required Controls for Floods and Torrents in Jeddah Region.- Discussion and Conclusion.- Index.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Springer Natural Hazards
Zusatzinfo 102 Illustrations, color; 4 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 169 p. 106 illus., 102 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Dordrecht
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geologie
Technik Bauwesen
ISBN-10 94-024-0144-X / 940240144X
ISBN-13 978-94-024-0144-8 / 9789402401448
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