期刊名称：International Journal of Environmental Science and Development
印刷版ISSN：2010-0264
出版年度：2019
卷号：10
期号：10
页码：310-320
DOI：10.18178/ijesd.2019.10.10.1192
摘要：Coastal zones represent vital international issues for environmental and sustainable development.Most coastal developing countries mainly depend on the limited coastal resources for their economic development.The promising region of the Northwestern coast of Egypt has attracted massive investments.The main objectives of this present research are: selection of most suitable sites for constructing ports in this area based on a number of environmental criteria and to assess the suitability of the proposed site.Factors used in this study include natural land/marine hazards/factors man-made facilities.Materials used include: multispectral satellite images, digital elevation models, topographic maps, Admiral marine maps, in addition to field survey of the sea depth.Spatial modeling is performed using the spatial analyst module for port site selection and assessment.A total of 62 locations are identified and classified as suitable for positioning a port.All identified areas extend from west of Marsa Matrouh to East of Negeila and record a suitability values from (Good) to unsuitable.
关键词：Site selection; ports; northwestern coast of Egypt; remote sensing and GIS; land criteria; offshore/inshore criteria.
