Surface characteristics and coverage pattern of the new damietta port area, as mapped by high resolution remote sensing
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Author
Moufaddal, W.M.Date
2007
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ترسيم التشكيلات السطحية ونمط الغطاء الارضي في منطقة ميناء دمياط الجديدة من واقع استخدام طرق الاستشعار عن بعد عالية التوضيحAbstract
The New Damietta port area has been subjected to large landscape changes and reformations since construction of the port in early 1980s. The area still under development and is expected to experience some more changes during the next few years. This reveals the urgent need for assessment of the present coverage pattern and land-uses of the port area. The present study attempts to determine details of land cover and land use information of the New Damietta port and surrounding area using high resolution remote sensing in conjunction with results of the ground survey and field observations. A recent image from QuickBird has been used for this purpose. Land cover types and surface characteristics were described and their areas estimated and mapped using the standard remote sensing methods. Results of this study show that the landscape of the New Damietta port area is dominated by man-made cover types and infrastructures, rather than natural land cover types. The most prominent surface features of the study area include: port area, bare land, water bodies, road and rail network, built-up area, and sand dunes. The area includes also various types of land use e.g. commercial and industrial, agriculture and mixed crops, residential fabrics and dump sites.Journal
Egyptian journal of aquatic researchVolume
33Issue/Article Nr
3Publisher or University
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), EgyptCollections