Using space techniques and GIS to identify vulnerable areas to natural hazards along the Jeddah-Rabigh Region, Saudi Arabia /

"Natural hazards have become the foremost geo-environmental issue in many regions worldwide, since rarely a year goes by without any catastrophic event that harms both urban structure and human life. These natural hazards are exacerbated by a number of physical and demographic factors and varia...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Al Saud, Mashael M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Nova Science Publisher's, Inc., [2018]
Series:Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
Subjects:
Geographic information systems > Saudi Arabia > Jiddah.
Geographic information systems > Saudi Arabia > Rābigh.
Hazardous geographic environments > Saudi Arabia > Jiddah.
Hazardous geographic environments > Saudi Arabia > Rābigh.
Natural disasters > Saudi Arabia > Jiddah > Data processing.
Natural disasters > Saudi Arabia > Rābigh > Data processing.
Systèmes d'information géographique > Arabie saoudite > Djedda.
Milieux géographiques dangereux > Arabie saoudite > Djedda.
Catastrophes naturelles > Arabie saoudite > Djedda > Informatique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Geographic information systems
Hazardous geographic environments
Natural disasters > Data processing
Saudi Arabia > Jiddah
Saudi Arabia > Rābigh
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Space techniques and GIS
  • Physical and anthropogenic parameters
  • Identification of natural hazards
  • Terrain instability
  • Seismic activities
  • Flood-prone areas
  • Coastal flood
  • Erosion.

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