Define a protected buffer zone for Ismailia Canal, Egypt using Geographic Information Systems

Ghodeif, Kamal; Arnous, Mohamed O.; Geriesh, Mohamed H.

doi:10.1007/s12517-011-0326-3

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“…As revealed by RS and GIS multi-temporal data analyses and interpretations and also the field verification and data collection from the other ancillary geological and hydrogeological data of the study area (Goossens et al 1993;Geriesh 1994 andGoossens and Van Ranst 1996;El-Rayes and Geriesh 2003;Mansour 2012;Arnous and El-Rayes 2013;Ghodeif et al 2013) wastelands created by waterlogging and salt-affected agents reveal and reflect the main causes of waterlogging and soil salinization problems in the investigated study area. These problems relate to canal seepage, faulty irrigation application, geomorphology, inadequate drainage and congestion.…”

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confidence: 66%

Monitoring and assessing waterlogged and salt-affected areas in the Eastern Nile Delta region, Egypt, using remotely sensed multi-temporal data and GIS

Arnous

Green

2015

J Coast Conserv

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Waterlogged and salt-affected soils are serious environmental hazard indicators for wasteland problems in arid and semi-arid regions of the World. Similarly human activities in agricultural and urban sustainable developments have also led to the development of waterlogging and subsequent salinization of soils leading to many geo-environmental problems. Thus, it is important to be able to monitor, assess and map waterlogged and salt-affected areas at an early stage to develop an effective soil reclamation programme that helps to reduce and prevent a future increase in areas of wasteland. Remote sensing and GIS tools and techniques have been found to outperform more traditional methods for assessing the impact of soil salinity and waterlogging, thereby providing extremely useful, informative, and professional rapid assessment techniques for monitoring and accurate mapping and the quantification of waterlogged areas and salt-affected soils. This study applies digital image processing and GIS tools to monitor, assess, and map the waterlogged and salt-affected areas, to establish the main causes that lead to widespread wastelands, and to suggest approaches to mitigation in the eastern Nile Delta region in Egypt. Multi-temporal Landsat 5, 7 and 8 data for 1984, 2000, 2006 and 2013 and ASTER GDEM were selected to monitor, assess and map the waterlogged and salt-affected areas, and to determine and map the rate of change of land-use/land-cover, the status of wasteland, and the use of geomorphological terrain analyses based on enhanced digital images processing and field verification. Image band combinations, PCA, change detection, and image classification techniques, together with many indices such as NDVI, NDSI, NDWI and NDBI were applied, together with statistical analysis, to construct various thematic and spatial distribution change maps of the wasteland hazard indicators. Spatial distribution maps of waterlogging, salt-affected areas, permanent and temporarily waterlogged areas, surface changes, and their rate of change in addition to integrated relationships between terrain analyses, water table, depth to water and landform maps over a timespan of 29 years based on the analysis and interpretation results of image processing, field investigation and ancillary geological and hydrogeological data. The results reveal that changes to land-cover caused by human activities -particularly irrigated agriculture and land reclamation as well as urban expansion -will lead to a serious deterioration in the environment through waterlogging and salinization presenting future difficulties for any sustainable development of the study area. In addition; the existence of natural factors such as areas of low-lying land, topographic depressions, and rising water tables will increase the threat of waterlogging and salinization. It is concluded that it is essential for planners and decision makers to seriously consider taking appropriate action now concerning the recommended mitigation measurements from this study to avoid serious future...

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Section: Mitigation Measurements Of the Waterlogged And Salinization mentioning

confidence: 66%

Monitoring and assessing waterlogged and salt-affected areas in the Eastern Nile Delta region, Egypt, using remotely sensed multi-temporal data and GIS

Arnous

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2015

J Coast Conserv

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“…Different applications, such as those in earth sciences, natural resource management (Wang et al, 2017), environmental protection (Ghodeif et al, 2013) urban and regional planning (Abdelfattah and Kumar, 2014;Dihkan et al, 2018), water resources management (Mouratidis et al, 2010), defense, transportation, tourism, statistics, and education, require geographic data because they need analysis at regional or more national levels (Başaraner and Selçuk, 2004). Spatial data are generally resolutionor 8 scale-dependent and should be analyzed and presented at the resolution or scale best suited for the modeled events and processes (Weibel and Dutton, 1998).…”

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Design and use of crowdsourcing geographic data collection system during the monitoring phase of Environmental Impact Assessment reports

2021

Global NEST: The International Journal

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When the whole earth is considered as a geographic place, it is clearly seen that the physical and social processes in the Earth’s crust have a direct or indirect connection with geography. In this century named information era, it is vital to find new solutions to people’s problems by getting different results from gathering, providing, and querying information. Geographic information systems are frequently used in the preparation and implementation stages of environmental impact assessment (EIA) projects. However, the failure to use spatial data effectively during the monitoring phase, which is the final step of the assessment process, causes the inability to determine whether the activities undertaken in the report are implemented. This situation causes EIA reports and activities to be questioned or even not accepted by the public. By inter-organizational data sharing, geographical data needs can be met and duplicate data productions can be avoided.  However, the problem of updating the geographical data provided always comes out as the real problem.  At this point, there are approaches that are defined as Crowdsourcing which refers the way of solving the problems of the institutions by utilizing the knowledge and experience outsourced. The most important institutional concern regarding crowdsourcing and geographical data extraction reveals itself as data consistency and accuracy. With the system developed within the scope of this study, the status of EIA projects in implementation with the development of the project will be effectively controlled with the participation of the administration and the public. A crowdsourcing-based system has been prepared and introduced to ensure the participation of the public. With this study, the development of the project and the problems experienced during the monitoring phase can be controlled. Thus, it will be ensured that any negative situation that could be experienced will be prevented or minimized in a way that will not harm the environment.

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“…Selecting the areas had been done based on specific hydrogeological criteria, geology and soil properties. The natural ecosystems of morasses around Ismailia Canal are recommended to be conserved and the methods of continued burial to be prevented [24].…”

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Modeling in Water Resources Management in East Nile Delta: Review

Abdelwahab

Ramadan

Negm

2020

Acta Marisiensis. Seria Technologica

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It is acknowledged that providing a safe water supply for all countries is one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century. Egypt is one of the greatest countries affected in Africa and Middle East. The Nile is facing a major water shortage due to the limited water resources and the the demand is growing as a result high population growth and development in industrial and agricultural sectors. This paper has been motivated by the fact that there is no up-to-date literature review of the optimal operation of Water Resources. The analysis of the reviewed literature is structured along five broad branches: (1) Mathematical Optimization Modelling Studies, (2) Numerical Simulation Modelling Studies, (3) Geographical Information Systems “GIS” based Studies, (4) Ecological Studies, (5) Water Reuse Studies. This review is limited to surface water but groundwater has been inexplicitly included. The paper concludes the best way to identify knowledge to cover the gap between water supply and demands and to guide future researches on water resources planning and management.

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Define a protected buffer zone for Ismailia Canal, Egypt using Geographic Information Systems

Cited by 21 publications

References 4 publications

Monitoring and assessing waterlogged and salt-affected areas in the Eastern Nile Delta region, Egypt, using remotely sensed multi-temporal data and GIS

Monitoring and assessing waterlogged and salt-affected areas in the Eastern Nile Delta region, Egypt, using remotely sensed multi-temporal data and GIS

Design and use of crowdsourcing geographic data collection system during the monitoring phase of Environmental Impact Assessment reports

Modeling in Water Resources Management in East Nile Delta: Review

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