TITLE: USE CONTROL OF LANDS OVERLOOKING RIVER NILE IN EGYPTIAN CITIES: A CASE STUDY ON SOHAG CITY. RESEARCHER: DR. FATMA OTHMAN MOHAMED OTHMAN, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, TANTA UNIVERSITY (SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREAT RIVERS: ATTRACTION PLACES FOR CIVILIZATION, SOUTH VALLEY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH STUDIES CENTER, ASSIUT UNIVERSITY OCTOBER 12-14TH , 2003).: DR. FATMA OTHMAN MOHAMED OTHMAN, DEPARTMENT OF ... Read more

In this study an attempt was done to assess the change of agricultural land in Sohag province, Egypt between 1987 and 2012. Decision Tree Classifier (DTC) was applied to map land cover changes in the study area. Landsat ETM+ satellite data of three years viz., 1987 and 2012 have been used in the study. Three remote sensing derived indices namely, ... Read more

Land application is the only currently availabletechnique for sewage wastewater disposal along the NileValley in Upper Egypt. Wastewater disposal projects havebeen established in the lowland desert zone extendingbetween the cultivated floodplain and the Eocene Limestoneplateau. The plan is to use the treated wastewater inirrigating woody farmlands. Some wastewater disposal sitesare already operating, and several others will be establishedin the near ... Read more

Current research has been focused on the influence of land use on Fe and Mn status inSohag governorate soils, South Egypt. Soils were sampled from sites including the cultivatedfloodplain, reclaimed lands, Wadi deposits and the wastewater farmlands at El-Dair, and El-Kola. Forthese samples total and DTPA-extractable Fe and Mn were determined. Total Fe ranges 3.7-9.3%, 1.3-12.3%, 2.5-5.9% and 1.9-7.0% in ... Read more