GIS and remote sensing as tools for conducting geo-hazards risk assessment along Gulf of Aqaba coastal zone, Egypt

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 457-475

  Arnous, Mohamed O ^a   Green, David R ^b  

^a Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geospatial; Monitoring; Multi temporal; Sinai; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAND COVER; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EGYPT; GULF OF AQABA; GULF OF SUEZ; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SINAI;

EID: 80053998566     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11852-010-0136-x     Document Type: Article

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