Contribution of Geophysics and Geology to Physical Planning Map of Egypt 2017

By

Baha El Din A. El Hakim¹, Hamed S. Saber², Mohamed R. El Noby²

(1) GGEC, Cairo, Egypt (2) Egyptian Geological Survey and Mining Authority, Cairo, Egypt

 The Physical Planning Organization in Egypt conducted a regional geotechnical study to develop Egypt within the period 1992- 2017. This multidisciplinary scientific approach included geophysical and geological land use maps on scale 1: 2, 000, and 000 as a base. This geotechnical study covers natural hazards, mineral resources, petroleum production and potentialities. Topographical and engineering geological impact on land use maps. Groundwater and geothermal energy resources and potentialities are discussed. Geological tourism is suggested. Natural hazards include historical and instrumental seismicity, forthcoming climatic changes and expected changes in sea level etc. GIS was used to add these layers in addition to the multidisplinary scientific layers as infrastructures, social and population studies, economics etc. to achieve land use and physical planning maps for Egypt 2017.