Mashael Mohammed Al Saud

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

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Springer Natural Hazards
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-94-024-0144-8
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 289g
• ISBN-13: 9789402401448
• ISBN-10: 940240144X
• Artikelnr.: 46297062

Inhaltsangabe

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.