GIS-based estimation of flood hazard impacts on road network in Makkah city, Saudi Arabia

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2205-2215

  Dawod, Gomaa M ^a,b   Mirza, Meraj N ^b   Al Ghamdi, Khalid A ^b  

^a National Water Research Center   (Egypt)

^b UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Flood assessment; GIS; Rainfall runoff model; Road network; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

CURVE NUMBERS; DATA SETS; DEVELOPMENT PLANNING; ECONOMICAL DAMAGE; FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD ASSESSMENT; FLOOD CHARACTERISTICS; FLOOD HAZARDS; FLOOD MODELLING; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; PRECISE METHOD; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; ROAD NETWORK; RUGGED TOPOGRAPHY; SAUDI ARABIA; SUBBASINS;

CATCHMENTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; RUNOFF;

FLOODS;

FLASH FLOOD; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GIS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; ROAD; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

MAKKAH [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84870388252     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1660-9     Document Type: Article

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