Model for environmental risk assessment of tourism project construction on the Egyptian Red Sea coast

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1272-1281

  El Sherbiny, Ahmed H ^a   Sherif, Ahmed H ^b   Hassan, Ali N ^c  

^a Komex Environment and Water Resources   (Egypt)

^b The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Coastal management; Computer models; Construction industry; Ecology; Egypt; Environmental impacts; Risk management; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COASTAL MANAGEMENT; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; TOURISM;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT];

EID: 33748772814     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2006)132:10(1272)     Document Type: Article

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