INTEGRATED GIS AND REMOTE SENSING FOR GEOMORPHOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL. EL-BARDAWIL LAKE STUDY OF AREA, SINAI, EGYPT
INTEGRATED GIS AND REMOTE SENSING FOR GEOMORPHOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL. EL-BARDAWIL LAKE STUDY OF AREA, SINAI, EGYPT

Summary/Abstract: The study area is located in the northern side of Sinai which is considered an integral part of the Mediterranean Sea. Coastal zones are important issues in the international debate on the environment and sustainable development. The coastal zone generally consists of the interface between land and sea in such an equation where the marine space and recourses are as important as terrestrial ones. The Geomorphological environmental changes have been delineated along the El- Bardawil lake area by overlying different layers obtained from satellite images of Landsat Thematic Mapper acquired in 1984, 1996 and vector data obtained by vectoring the shoreline from the topographic sheets scale 1:100,000. The digital data (satellite images) and the topographic maps are geometrically corrected by the use of ERDAS IMAGINE 8.5 software; Geographic information systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing through satellite images are new developments that give the opportunity to investigate large areas in a short time. Satellite images can give detailed information on surface geology, soils, vegetation, land use; landscape and can show structures and patterns that would be non-recognizable from ground. The main concern of this paper is utilizing land-use zoning for adopting ecotourism and, in turn, sustaining spatial development in El-Bardawil lake area in North Sinai, Egypt.

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