Environmental management of Wadi Al-Allaqi Reserve using geographic information systems and remote sensing applications

Document Type : Original Article

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explain one of the important applications of some modern geographic techniques (Geographic information systems and remote sensing) in studying the environment of the Wadi Al-Allaqi Biosphere Reserve and establishing an environmental management system for the reserve by identifying its components. The natural characteristics of the reserve (geological formations, surface characteristics, and climate), as well as environmental (living and non-living components), as well as defining management and conservation strategies within the reserve, are defined in three stages: the stage of applying the environmental sensitivity index to the reserve, followed by the stage of formulating and analysing Environmental Site Suitability Analysis. In order to achieve the best definition of the recommended environmentally friendly development projects, the sites available in the reserve for the proposed development activities must be identified.
As a result, this research came to clarify the geographical methodology and the detailed and applied steps to conduct these analyses and apply them, as well as formulate and set relative weights for their standards on one of Egypt's most sensitive and environmentally rich areas, the Wadi Al-Alaqi Biosphere Reserve in Egypt's far south, that environmentally distinguished spot and one of Egypt's most important environmental sites, and one of Egypt's Biosphere reserves.
 

Keywords

Main Subjects

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics