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Flood control management for the city and surroundings of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Flood control management for the city and surroundings of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia/ by Mashael Mohammed Al Saud.
Author:	Saud, Mashael Mohammed Al.
Published:	Dordrecht :Springer Netherlands : : 2015.,
Description:	xiii, 169 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Flood control - Management. - Saudi Arabia -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9661-3
ISBN:	9789401796613 (electronic bk.)

Flood control management for the city and surroundings of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Saud, Mashael Mohammed Al.

Flood control management for the city and surroundings of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia[electronic resource] /by Mashael Mohammed Al Saud. - Dordrecht :Springer Netherlands :2015. - xiii, 169 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Springer natural hazards. - Springer natural hazards..

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.

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.

ISBN: 9789401796613 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-94-017-9661-3doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1066439
Flood control
--Management.--Saudi Arabia

LC Class. No.: TC513.S38

Dewey Class. No.: 333.91009538

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