Ebook: Flood Control Management for the City and Surroundings of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Author: Mashael Mohammed Al Saud (auth.)
- Tags: Natural Hazards, Environmental Management, Geomorphology, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography
- Series: Springer Natural Hazards
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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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.
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