Fig. 12

(a) The PSI results in New-Damietta city showing moderate subsidence rates from − 3 upto − 5 mm/year, (b) Google Earth Satellite image shows a selected area within New-Damietta city devoid of buildings in 2011, (c) Google Earth Satellite image shows the new buildings constructed in the same selected region in year 2014. Such excessive constructions led to soil compaction and consequently moderate subsidence rates. The maps were created using ArcGIS, version 10.6.176.