Land Subsidence Induced by Rapid Urbanization in Arid Environments: A Remote Sensing-Based Investigation

Land Subsidence Induced by Rapid Urbanization in Arid Environments: A Remote Sensing-Based Investigation

The rapid increase in the population of many of the older major cities within the countries of the Saharan-Arabian Desert is steering vast and disorganized urban expansion and in many cases introducing adverse environmental impacts such as soil erosion, rise in groundwater levels, and contamination...

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Main Authors: Abdulaziz Aljammaz, Mohamed Sultan, Moein Izadi, Abotalib Z. Abotalib, Mohamed S. Elhebiry, Mustafa Kemal Emil, Karem Abdelmohsen, Mohamed Saleh, Richard Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
InSAR
urban expansion
Riyadh (city)
centralized and decentralized sewage systems
dump sites
hydrocompaction
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/6/1109

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