Geohazards of Saudi Arabia
Geohazards play an important role in land development and have serious impacts if not considered at early planning stages. Identification of potential geohazards, assessment of their likelihood and severity is a complex task that requires integration of various information through a multi-disciplina...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Taylor & Francis Group
2019-07-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Maps |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2019.1642245 |
| _version_ | 1818655047046660096 |
|---|---|
| author | Robert Hird Nicola Di Matteo Umit Gulerce Vijai Lal Sunderlal Babu Atif Rafiq |
| author_facet | Robert Hird Nicola Di Matteo Umit Gulerce Vijai Lal Sunderlal Babu Atif Rafiq |
| author_sort | Robert Hird |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Geohazards play an important role in land development and have serious impacts if not considered at early planning stages. Identification of potential geohazards, assessment of their likelihood and severity is a complex task that requires integration of various information through a multi-disciplinary approach. An introductory level assessment of potential geohazards in Saudi Arabia with compilation and interpretation of publicly available data using geographic information system tools is presented in this study. The outcome is a geohazard map presenting reported and predicted geohazards including tectonics and volcanism, rock subsidence, expansive and collapsible soils and slope instability, which summarize all available information for further interpretation. The 1:2.500.000 scale composite geohazard main map provides a valuable tool for initial assessment and review in early planning stages of land development projects. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-17T03:03:28Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-e0f533c573554a8ba942f1500b3a2313 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1744-5647 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-17T03:03:28Z |
| publishDate | 2019-07-01 |
| publisher | Taylor & Francis Group |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Journal of Maps |
| spelling | doaj.art-e0f533c573554a8ba942f1500b3a23132022-12-21T22:06:02ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Maps1744-56472019-07-0115262663410.1080/17445647.2019.16422451642245Geohazards of Saudi ArabiaRobert Hird0Nicola Di Matteo1Umit Gulerce2Vijai Lal Sunderlal Babu3Atif Rafiq4Fugro Middle East and PartnersFugro Belgique SA/NVFugro Middle EastFugro Middle EastFugro Middle EastGeohazards play an important role in land development and have serious impacts if not considered at early planning stages. Identification of potential geohazards, assessment of their likelihood and severity is a complex task that requires integration of various information through a multi-disciplinary approach. An introductory level assessment of potential geohazards in Saudi Arabia with compilation and interpretation of publicly available data using geographic information system tools is presented in this study. The outcome is a geohazard map presenting reported and predicted geohazards including tectonics and volcanism, rock subsidence, expansive and collapsible soils and slope instability, which summarize all available information for further interpretation. The 1:2.500.000 scale composite geohazard main map provides a valuable tool for initial assessment and review in early planning stages of land development projects.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2019.1642245geohazard assessmentsaudi arabiasubsidenceslope instabilityexpansive and collapsible soils |
| spellingShingle | Robert Hird Nicola Di Matteo Umit Gulerce Vijai Lal Sunderlal Babu Atif Rafiq Geohazards of Saudi Arabia Journal of Maps geohazard assessment saudi arabia subsidence slope instability expansive and collapsible soils |
| title | Geohazards of Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | Geohazards of Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | Geohazards of Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geohazards of Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | Geohazards of Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | geohazards of saudi arabia |
| topic | geohazard assessment saudi arabia subsidence slope instability expansive and collapsible soils |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2019.1642245 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT roberthird geohazardsofsaudiarabia AT nicoladimatteo geohazardsofsaudiarabia AT umitgulerce geohazardsofsaudiarabia AT vijailalsunderlalbabu geohazardsofsaudiarabia AT atifrafiq geohazardsofsaudiarabia |