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Quick Urban Flood Risk Assessment in Arid Environment Using HECRAS and Dam Break Theory: Case Study of Daghbag Dam in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (EMCEI 2017)

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Urban flood hazards are becoming a worldwide problem. The change in climatic conditions has caused serious threats to humanity, one of which is the unexpected severe floods.

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  1. Department of Hydrology and Water Resource Management, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment, and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Amro Elfeki, Anis Al-Shabani & Jarbou Bahrawi

  2. National Water Company, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Saeed Alzahrani

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  1. Amro Elfeki
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Elfeki, A., Al-Shabani, A., Bahrawi, J., Alzahrani, S. (2018). Quick Urban Flood Risk Assessment in Arid Environment Using HECRAS and Dam Break Theory: Case Study of Daghbag Dam in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In: Kallel, A., Ksibi, M., Ben Dhia, H., Khélifi, N. (eds) Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions. EMCEI 2017. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70548-4_553

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