Drivers of urbanization effects in five countries of the MENA region–a review

AAK Yehya, TT Nguyen, M Wiehle… - Journal of Land Use …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Urbanization, a global process entailing profound socio-economic changes, transforms land
cover. This review analyzes the social-ecological drivers and outcomes of land cover …

Urban sprawl assessment in eight mid-sized Indian cities using RS and GIS

V Chettry, M Surawar - Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 2021 - Springer
Detailed studies focusing on the spatio-temporal urban sprawl in mid-sized Indian cities are
relatively rare. In this context, the paper attempts to investigate urban sprawl in eight mid …

Mapping of solar energy potential in the west bank, Palestine using Geographic Information Systems

S Hamada, A Ghodieh - Papers in Applied Geography, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Palestine currently suffers a serious shortage in crucial energy supplies. Nearly 90% of
electricity needs come directly from Israel, or through Palestinian electricity distribution …

[HTML][HTML] Six Decades of Rural Landscape Transformation in Five Lebanese Villages

AAK Yehya, TT Nguyen, M Wiehle, R Zurayk… - Land, 2025 - mdpi.com
During the last six decades, Lebanon's landscapes have undergone significant regime shifts
whose causes are under-investigated. Using land cover maps from 1962 and satellite …

Spatio-temporal change detection of built-up areas with Sentinel-1 SAR data using random forest classification for Arnavutköy Istanbul

HB Makineci - Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi Mühendislik …, 2023 - dergipark.org.tr
As one of the most populated cities in Turkiye and the world, the Istanbul metropolis has
always attracted the crowd of people masses. Arnavutköy Town has become one of the …

Land Cover and Land Surface Temperature in the West Bank, Palestine

A Helal, Z Zawawi - Advances in Civil Engineering, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The 10 major cities in the West Bank (WB), Palestine—Nablus, Ramallah and Al‐Bireh,
Jenin, Qalqilia, Salfit, Tubas, Jericho, Bethlehem, Tulkarem, and Hebron—are experiencing …

Studying the water resources and hydrological characteristics of the west bank and gaza strip, palestine using gis and remote sensing data

A Ghodieh - Satellite Monitoring of Water Resources in the Middle …, 2022 - Springer
Palestine, a country in the Middle East, remains under Israeli occupation since 1967 (Fig. 1).
In 1993, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel signed the Oslo Interim …

An Analysis on the Impact of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Changes on the Land Surface Temperature (LST) using Satellite Imagery in the West …

A Ghodieh - Journal of Arts and Social Sciences [JASS], 2024 - journals.squ.edu.om
This study investigated the impact of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) on
the Land Surface Temperature (LST) in the West Bank, Palestine, using multitemporal …

Effects of COVID-19 on Domestic Tourism in the West Bank, Palestine: A Case Study of Nablus City

S Hamada, A Ghodieh - The Implementation of Smart Technologies for …, 2022 - Springer
This study aims to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic tourism in
the Nablus City located in the West Bank, Palestine. The data for this study are collected …

Analysis of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index change of the West Bank, Palestine, Using Multitemporal Satellite Remote Sensing Data.

أحمد غضية - An-Najah University Journal for Research, B …, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract The West Bank is characterized by the diversity of its climate despite its small area.
It includes four climatic regions:-a humid, semi-humid, arid, and semi-arid climate. This in …