A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Assessment of road instability along a typical mountainous road using GIS and aerial photos, Lebanon – eastern Mediterranean
Abstract. The steeply sloping and mountainous nature of the Lebanese territory gives rise to a spectrum of natural hazards. It is a rugged area cut by a dense network of roads connecting scattered but highly populated cities. The roads experience heavy traffic. They often follow geological formations of weak lithologies and cross fault systems inducing recurrence of mass movements. When the rather poor road construction in Lebanon is added to this, the result is a potential risk to life as well as economic losses. The purpose of this study was to investigate the interactive components determining the hazards affecting the highway between Beirut and Broummana (Mount Lebanon). It specifically aims to show, with the aid of GIS and aerial photographs, the integration of datainput from those components for optimizing approaches to highway hazard analysis.
Assessment of road instability along a typical mountainous road using GIS and aerial photos, Lebanon – eastern Mediterranean
Abstract. The steeply sloping and mountainous nature of the Lebanese territory gives rise to a spectrum of natural hazards. It is a rugged area cut by a dense network of roads connecting scattered but highly populated cities. The roads experience heavy traffic. They often follow geological formations of weak lithologies and cross fault systems inducing recurrence of mass movements. When the rather poor road construction in Lebanon is added to this, the result is a potential risk to life as well as economic losses. The purpose of this study was to investigate the interactive components determining the hazards affecting the highway between Beirut and Broummana (Mount Lebanon). It specifically aims to show, with the aid of GIS and aerial photographs, the integration of datainput from those components for optimizing approaches to highway hazard analysis.
Assessment of road instability along a typical mountainous road using GIS and aerial photos, Lebanon – eastern Mediterranean
Shaban, A. (author) / Khawlie, M. (author) / Bou Kheir, R. (author) / Abdallah, C. (author)
2001
Article (Journal)
English
Terrain evaluation for assessment of highways in the mountainous eastern mediterranean of Lebanon
| Online Contents | 1992
Terrain evaluation for assessment of highways in the mountainous eastern mediterranean of Lebanon
| Online Contents | 1992