ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF FLOOD RISKS AT THE CITY OF TABUK, SAUDI ARABIA

Computer technology has recently been developed to convert maps into a computer-usable digital format and allow the simultaneous manipulation of both the geographic spatial data and related attribute data. In this context, digital elevation model (DEM), aerial photographs and aeromagnetic data sets have been analyzed and used to understand the drainage pattern and wadeis distributions around the city of Tabuk in the northern side of Saudi Arabia. This work provides basic information for preliminary flood risk assessments and flood hazard mapping. The results and analysis of this study to some extent will help planners and citizens to quickly and efficiently create and test alternative development scenarios and determine their likely impacts on future land use patterns and associated population and employment trends, thus allowing public officials to make informed planning decisions