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Apr 26, 2012
Flood Risk Mitigation Using Watershed Management Tools: Petra Area (Jordan)
Authors: Radwan Al-Weshah [email protected] and Fouad El-Khoury [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Risk-Based Decisionmaking in Water Resources IX
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Petra is located in the southwest region of Jordan about 200 km south of Amman between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. Petra was carved in sandstone canyons by the Nabatean Arabs over 2,000 years ago. It is a major tourism attraction, as its monuments are considered the jewels of Jordan. Floods pose a serious threat to the tourist-activities as well as to the monuments themselves. To alleviate the impact of flood risk in Petra, different flood mitigation measures are investigated. The impact of these measures on flood-peak flow and volume is evaluated. They include afforestation, terracing, and the construction of check and storage dams, as well as various combinations of these measures. A flood simulation model depicts reductions of up to 70% in flood-peak flows and volumes due to these flood mitigation strategies.
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Civil engineering landmarks
- Coastal engineering
- Coastal management
- Coasts, oceans, ports, and waterways engineering
- Developing countries
- Disaster risk management
- Floods
- History and Heritage
- Infrastructure
- Mitigation and remediation
- Practice and Profession
- Recreation
- Risk management
- River engineering
- River systems
- Tourism
- Urban and regional development
- Water and water resources
- Watersheds
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Jordan (on leave), Regional Hydrologist, UNESCO Cairo Office, Cairo, Egypt. E-mail: [email protected]
Director and Hydraulic Engineer, Resources and Environment Dept., Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners), PO Box 895, Cairo (11511), Egypt. E-mail: [email protected]
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