Sustainable Management of Scarce Resources in the Coastal Zone

Abu Kir Bay, Alexandria

M. El Raey; Samir Nasr and Omran Frihy

Site Location

Resources

• Physical• Tourism, Land and underwater

Archeology, ecotourism• Agricultural, Food and fisheries• International road• Natural gas and Industrial harbor

An over view

Wide Beach and Backshore Zone

Low resolution classified image

Problems1. Shortage of services for residential areas2. Lack of institutional capability for monitoring and pollution

control3. Shortage of urban services, solid waste management and

wastewater treatment and disposal facilities4. Estuarine Sedimentation5. Low awareness among population and local decision

makers6. High unemployment rates7. Interference of land use8. Marine industrial pollution9. Water logging and water bogging10.Fertile Soil removal11.Climate change12.Radioactive sediments

An overview of Abu Kir Bay

and Lake Idku

sediments and land

units

Problems of Coastal Erosion

Multi-temporal Images of Rosetta Promontory

Rosetta sea wall

Soil removal ( sand dune quarries)

Soil removal

Lake Idku

ApproachPlanning an ICZM program through:1. Monitoring by remote sensing and ground based techniques

and identifying hot pollution spots.2. Identifying and assessing changes in the area by high

resolution imageries3. Building and analysis of a GIS for the region (topography,

layers of vegetation and types, wetland, aquaculture, archeology, residential, industrial installations, land based pollution sources…)

4. Putting forward an integrated coastal zone management plan for development and identifying suitable areas for tourism projects.

5. Carrying out a strategic environmental assessment of the plan.6. Promoting and communicating the study as a pilot study that

can be replicated at other similar areas along the coast.