LAND SUITABILITY SCENARIOS FOR ARID COASTAL PLAINS USING GIS MODELING: SOUTHWESTERN SINAI COASTAL PLAIN, EGYPT

Site selection analysis was carried out to find the best suitable lands for development activities in an example of promising coastal plains, southwestern Sinai, Egypt. Two GIS models were developed to represent two scenarios of land use suitability in the study area using GIS Multi Criteria Analysi...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Mohamed Wahid, Marguerite Madden, Fikry Khalaf, Ibtehal Fathy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Paraiba 2009-12-01
Series:Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering
Subjects:
GIS
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4090/juee.2009.v3n2.073083