Flood Control Management for the City and Surroundings of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015. |
| Series: | Springer Natural Hazards,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9661-3 |
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.