Flood hazard assessment of the urban area of Tabuk city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by integrating spatial-based hydrologic and hydrodynamic modeling

Abdelkarim, A; Gaber, AFD; Youssef, AM; Pradhan, B

Flood hazard assessment of the urban area of Tabuk city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by integrating spatial-based hydrologic and hydrodynamic modeling

Abdelkarim, A Gaber, AFD Youssef, AM Pradhan, B

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Citation:: Sensors (Switzerland), 2019, 19 (5)
Issue Date:: 2019-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Abdelkarim, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gaber, AFD	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Youssef, AM	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Pradhan, B https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9863-2054	en_US
dc.date.available	2019-02-27	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-03-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Sensors (Switzerland), 2019, 19 (5)	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1424-8220	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/135338
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This study deals with the use of remote sensing (RS), geographic information systems (GISs), hydrologic modeling (water modeling system, WMS), and hydraulic modeling (Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System, HEC-RAS) to evaluate the impact of flash flood hazards on the sustainable urban development of Tabuk City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Determining the impact of flood hazards on the urban area and developing alternatives for protection and prevention measures were the main aims of this work. Tabuk City is exposed to frequent flash flooding due to its location along the outlets of five major wadis. These wadis frequently carry flash floods, seriously impacting the urban areas of the city. WMS and HEC-HMS models and RS data were used to determine the paths and morphological characteristics of the wadis, the hydrographic flow of different drainage basins, flow rates and volumes, and the expansion of agricultural and urban areas from 1998 to 2018. Finally, hydraulic modeling of the HEC-RAS program was applied to delineate the urban areas that could be inundated with floodwater. Ultimately, the most suitable remedial measures are proposed to protect the future sustainable urban development of Tabuk City from flood hazards. This approach is rarely used in the KSA. We propose a novel method that could help decision-makers and planners in determining inundated flood zones before planning future urban and agricultural development in the KSA.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Sensors (Switzerland)	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3390/s19051024	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Analytical Chemistry	en_US
dc.title	Flood hazard assessment of the urban area of Tabuk city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by integrating spatial-based hydrologic and hydrodynamic modeling	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	5	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	19	en_US
utslib.for	0301 Analytical Chemistry	en_US
utslib.for	0805 Distributed Computing	en_US
utslib.for	0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0502 Environmental Science and Management	en_US
utslib.for	0602 Ecology	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Information, Systems and Modelling
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CAMGIS - Centre for Advanced Modelling and Geospatial lnformation Systems
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pubs.issue	5	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	19	en_US

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© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This study deals with the use of remote sensing (RS), geographic information systems (GISs), hydrologic modeling (water modeling system, WMS), and hydraulic modeling (Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System, HEC-RAS) to evaluate the impact of flash flood hazards on the sustainable urban development of Tabuk City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Determining the impact of flood hazards on the urban area and developing alternatives for protection and prevention measures were the main aims of this work. Tabuk City is exposed to frequent flash flooding due to its location along the outlets of five major wadis. These wadis frequently carry flash floods, seriously impacting the urban areas of the city. WMS and HEC-HMS models and RS data were used to determine the paths and morphological characteristics of the wadis, the hydrographic flow of different drainage basins, flow rates and volumes, and the expansion of agricultural and urban areas from 1998 to 2018. Finally, hydraulic modeling of the HEC-RAS program was applied to delineate the urban areas that could be inundated with floodwater. Ultimately, the most suitable remedial measures are proposed to protect the future sustainable urban development of Tabuk City from flood hazards. This approach is rarely used in the KSA. We propose a novel method that could help decision-makers and planners in determining inundated flood zones before planning future urban and agricultural development in the KSA.

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