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Nile Delta Biography: Challenges and Opportunities

Authors : Abdelazim M. Negm, Oliver Saavedra, Ahmed El-Adawy

Published in: The Nile Delta

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The Nile Delta and its coastal zone are populated regions in Egypt and contain a variety of development activities. Those human activities which provide income and source of life to many also generate constraints to Nile Delta region. This introductory chapter presents a brief biography of the Nile Delta and presents a comprehensive and concise summary of recent research related to challenges in Nile Delta regions. In addition, possible opportunities are included. Five main themes of research, namely, land use challenge, coastal erosion, potential impacts of sea level rise (SLR), water quality deterioration, and seawater intrusion, are reviewed. Also, the chapter summarizes some suggested/proposed and/or implemented adaptation and/or mitigation acts for each challenge. The article concluded that further integrated research based on solid reliable field databases is urgently needed.

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Title: Nile Delta Biography: Challenges and Opportunities
Authors: Abdelazim M. Negm
Oliver Saavedra
Ahmed El-Adawy
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: The Nile Delta
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-56122-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-56124-0

Copyright Year: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2016_62