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

• Main Author: Al Saud, Mashael Mohammed (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Natural Hazards
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Natural disasters.; Geographical information systems.; Geomorphology.; Environmental management.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Environmental Management.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.