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

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Makkah city, Saudi Arabia, is periodically exposed to flash floods that result in major human and economical damages. That is due to several factors including its rugged topography and geological structures. Hence, precise assessment of floods becomes a more vital demand in development planning. A GIS-based methodology has been developed for quantifying and spatially mapping the flood characteristics. The core of this new approach is integrating several topographic, metrological, geological, and land use data sets in a geographic information system (GIS) environment that utilizes the curve number method of flood modelling for ungauged arid catchments. Based on the estimated flood volume of sub-basins, a hazard factor has been developed to quantify the expected hazard level for each road. Applying this proposed approach reveals that 21 % of the road network in Makkah city is subjected to low flood hazards, 29 % is facing medium hazards, and 50 % of roads are exposed to harsh flood impacts. The developed approach may be considered a digital precise method that can be easily re-run, in other situations or regions, to estimate flood hazards on roads.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support offered by the Center of Research Excellence in Hajj and Omrah (Hajjcore), Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia.

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    Present address: Umm Al-Qura University, P.O. Box 715, Makkah, 21955, Saudi Arabia

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  1. Survey Research Institute, Giza, Egypt

    Gomaa M. Dawod

  2. Center of Research Excellence in Hajj and Omrah, Umm Al-Qura University, P.O. Box 6247, Makkah, 21955, Saudi Arabia

    Meraj N. Mirza

  3. Geography Department, Umm Al-Qura University, P. O. Box 138474, Jidda, 21323, Saudi Arabia

    Khalid A. Al-Ghamdi

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Dawod, G.M., Mirza, M.N. & Al-Ghamdi, K.A. GIS-based estimation of flood hazard impacts on road network in Makkah city, Saudi Arabia. Environ Earth Sci 67, 2205–2215 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-012-1660-9

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