[HTML][HTML] Emerging trends and knowledge structures of urbanization and environmental sustainability: A regional perspective

AI Almulhim, SE Bibri, A Sharifi, S Ahmad, KM Almatar - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
More than 59 million people reside in the six member countries of the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC)(the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia) …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of renewable energy generation on greenhouse gas emissions in Saudi Arabia: A comprehensive review

FS Al-Ismail, MS Alam, M Shafiullah, MI Hossain… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Over the last few years, the electric energy demand in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)
has increased many folds due to several factors including increased population …

Assessing the impacts of vegetation cover loss on surface temperature, urban heat island and carbon emission in Penang city, Malaysia

ZA Rahaman, AA Kafy, M Saha, AA Rahim… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization, human demands with dynamic hydrology, and land resources impact
the carbon cycle and ecosystem resilience at the city level. The expansion of urban areas is …

Do natural resources, economic growth, human capital, and urbanization affect the ecological footprint? A modified dynamic ARDL and KRLS approach

R Zhou, KR Abbasi, S Salem, AI Almulhim, R Alvarado - Resources Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The interaction between the abundance of natural resources and environmental depletion
has significant ecological consequences. Nonetheless, this area is not adequately studied …

Can rapid urbanization be sustainable? The case of Saudi Arabian cities

AI Almulhim, PB Cobbinah - Habitat International, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper inquires: can sustainable urbanization be realized in Saudi Arabian cities? It
addresses this question by (i) analyzing the relationship between sustainable development …

Urbanization-environment conundrum: an invitation to sustainable development in Saudi Arabian cities

AI Almulhim, PB Cobbinah - International Journal of Sustainable …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
As rapid urbanization becomes a key topic within urban studies and planning particularly in
the Global South, it needs to be considered what radical implications to urban environment …

Modelling the impacts of land use/land cover changing pattern on urban thermal characteristics in Kuwait

AE AlDousari, AA Kafy, M Saha, MA Fattah… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanization owing to population growth and economic development has made
thermal environment-related studies increasingly prominent. This study aims to monitor and …

Modelling microscale impacts assessment of urban expansion on seasonal surface urban heat island intensity using neural network algorithms

M Saha, AA Kafy, A Bakshi, AI Almulhim… - Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Investigation of surface urban heat island (SUHI) results from rapid urbanization and
upsurge of land surface temperature (LST) has substantial socioeconomic and …

Quality function deployment-oriented strategic outlook to sustainable energy policies based on quintuple innovation helix

E Carayannis, P Kostis, H Dinçer, S Yüksel - Journal of the Knowledge …, 2023 - Springer
This study aims to identify the most significant sustainable energy policies by considering
quality function deployment (QFD) perspectives, presenting the most appropriate energy …

[HTML][HTML] Potentials and opportunities of solar PV and wind energy sources in Saudi Arabia: Land suitability, techno-socio-economic feasibility, and future variability

AA Imam, A Abusorrah, M Marzband - Results in Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar and wind energy sources hold significant potential to meet the escalating energy
demand in Saudi Arabia sustainably. This research aims to assess the feasibility and …