Using remote sensing and GIS technologies to map progressive urbanization and to identify hazardous areas related to sinkholes in Riyadh city and surroundings, Saudi Arabia


Abdulaziz Aljammaz1, Mohamed Sultan1, Mustafa Kemal Emil1, Talal Alharbi2, Hassan Al Harbi3 and Fahad Alshehri4, (1)Western Michigan University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, (2)King Saud University, Geology & Geophysics Department, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, (3)Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, (4)King Saud University, Geology and Geophysics, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia