Sustainable urban planning for addressing the compounded challenges of rapid urbanization and climate change DOI
Abdulaziz I. Almulhim, Ayyoob Sharifi

Land Use Policy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 107544 - 107544

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

Adapting Disaster Preparedness Strategies to Changing Climate Patterns in Saudi Arabia: A Rapid Review DOI Open Access
Zakaria A. Mani, Krzysztof Goniewicz

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(19), P. 14279 - 14279

Published: Sept. 27, 2023

This rapid review critically evaluates the impact of climate change on Saudi Arabia, elucidating its adaptive measures and ensuing global ramifications. Using a structured framework, we conducted exhaustive database searches spanning 2010–2023, focusing articles pertinent to Arabia’s adaptation disaster readiness. Through rigorous dual-reviewer process, data was systematically synthesized. Our findings reveal that Arabia confronts pressing water scarcity issues, particularly highlighted by surge in desalination dependence, which presents both sustainability adaptability challenges. Infrastructure resilience key cities such as Riyadh Jeddah stands out, emphasizing innovative solutions imperative counteracting unforeseen environmental disruptions. Furthermore, nation’s endeavor meld deep-rooted cultural legacy with emergent imperatives is distinctive, representing confluence tradition contemporaneity resonates globally. The geopolitical dynamics, accentuated dominant role international arenas, bring fore socio-political economic shifts induced change. Additionally, dawn technological advancements underscores pivotal robust digital frameworks countering climatic policy governance undertakings furnish salient insights into modalities, underscoring triad collaboration, vision, ingenuity. Conclusively, this delineates intricate trajectory through intricacies, affording bear significance for scientific discourse strategies, integral balance tradition, modernity, innovation.

Language: Английский

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59

Framing resilience in Saudi Arabian cities: On climate change and urban policy DOI
Abdulaziz I. Almulhim, Patrick Brandful Cobbinah

Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 101, P. 105172 - 105172

Published: Jan. 3, 2024

Language: Английский

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Achieving zero waste for landfills by employing adaptive municipal solid waste management services DOI Creative Commons
I Wayan Koko Suryawan, Chun‐Hung Lee

Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 165, P. 112191 - 112191

Published: June 3, 2024

Amidst global pushes for sustainable land development, Jakarta confronts pressing municipal solid waste management (MSWM) issues, with limited landfill capacities and rampant illegal dumping in slum non-slum areas, exacerbating consumption challenges. This context underscores the urgency to explore adaptive MSWM strategies that align broader planning objectives. research aims distinguish shed light on preferences of Jakarta's residents. The emphasis is placed their importance-performance (I-P) related strategies. An in-depth evaluation involved twelve indicators across five capacity dimensions, correlating them I-P metrics participant demographics. Both communities underscored importance bolstering circular economy segregation. However, a pronounced awareness regarding treatment was observed among On other hand, individuals from locales indicated greater need focused encouragement resources engage segregation initiatives effectively. insights this study are pivotal urban planners, policymakers, scholars. Recommendations span instituting self-reminder systems, enhancing collection services, ensuring strict regulatory compliance endorsing bank participation mobilizing local community leaders, or cadres, lead endeavors. By fostering harmonious ecosystem, smart cities like can ensure equitable progressive all its residents, thus moving closer future.

Language: Английский

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Charting sustainable urban development through a systematic review of SDG11 research DOI Creative Commons
Abdulaziz I. Almulhim, Ayyoob Sharifi, Yusuf A. Aina

et al.

Nature Cities, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 1(10), P. 677 - 685

Published: Aug. 27, 2024

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 underscores the imperative of creating inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities communities by 2030. Here we employ bibliometric techniques to assess evolving landscape SDG11 research. Using a comprehensive dataset over 21,000 scholarly publications, investigate publication trends, thematic focus areas, authorship patterns, keyword co-occurrences citation networks related results reveal consistent increase in research output, reflecting growing global interest urban sustainability studies. We identify influential authors, organizations countries shaping landscape, highlighting existing collaborative emerging hubs. Core areas emphasize critical topics interdisciplinary connections. Citation underscore impacts disseminating outputs, including seminal works. This study offers insights for policymakers, academics practitioners align their collective efforts toward sustainable, inclusive climate-resilient development. Moreover, it advances noting opportunities further research, knowledge dissemination international collaboration.

Language: Английский

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Modes of summertime thermal urban stress over major cities in the Middle East: A comprehensive assessment of heat exposure risks DOI
Ahmed El Kenawy, Hassan Aboelkhair, Emad K. Mohamed

et al.

Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 102, P. 105236 - 105236

Published: Jan. 25, 2024

Language: Английский

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How urban growth dynamics impact the air quality? A case of eight Indian metropolitan cities DOI
Gajender Kumar Sharma, Vidya V. Ghuge

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 930, P. 172399 - 172399

Published: April 16, 2024

Language: Английский

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11

Climate-induced migration in the Global South: an in depth analysis DOI Creative Commons
Abdulaziz I. Almulhim, Gabriela Nagle Alverio, Ayyoob Sharifi

et al.

npj Climate Action, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(1)

Published: June 14, 2024

Abstract Scientists predict ongoing global climate change to trigger adverse events affecting about 143 million people in the Global South by 2050, leading various forms of migration and mobility. While existing literature extensively examines climate-induced migration, there is a lack studies considering compounding impacts multiple hazards on mobility, immobility. To address this gap, we conducted systematic review explore how stressors, specifically rising temperatures, water stress droughts, floods sea-level rise, have affected populations South, voluntary and/or forced migration. Our findings show that these stressors displaced profoundly impacted millions people, resulting both internal transboundary Climate-induced often through indirect pathways influenced intervening institutional, political, socio-economic factors programmatic policy gaps. Effectively addressing challenges related necessitates adaptation strategies adequately consider while recognizing their differential effects socio-demographic groups. We argue support from North countries, including compensation for loss damage, along with continued institutional financial international non-governmental organizations, crucial managing South. Without proper planning adequate resources, may escalate significantly impact human security. The study can inform policies assist experts identifying intervention mechanisms opportunities people-centered solutions.

Language: Английский

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Do New Urbanization Policies Promote Sustainable Urbanization? Evidence from China’s Urban Agglomerations DOI Creative Commons
Shiwei Liu, Luyao Jia,

Feng Zhang

et al.

Land, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(4), P. 412 - 412

Published: March 23, 2024

China’s urbanization has received as much attention its economic growth in recent years. While rapid promoted modernization and wealth creation, it also brought many problems challenges. So, since 2014, the Chinese government implemented a new policy nationwide. However, few researchers have examined whether policies promote sustainable urbanization. This paper evaluates of 19 urban agglomerations China using elastic coefficient. The results indicate significant increase number cities achieving implementation policy. risen from 46 period 2010–2015 to 71 2015–2021. Considering impact coronavirus on economy, there would been even more entering during latter period. indicates that positive influence agglomerations. status is not static changes with different are time periods. Therefore, important find useful can guide enhance process these cities. In addition, perfect. To address this issue, categorize implement targeted for experiencing both non-sustainable Changes city’s size or rates related status. A larger city does urbanization, and, similarly, faster do exhibit higher level sustainability.

Language: Английский

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Harnessing urban analytics and machine learning for sustainable urban development: A multidimensional framework for modeling environmental impacts of urbanization in Saudi Arabia DOI
Abdulaziz I. Almulhim, Abdulla ‐ Al Kafy, Md Nahid Ferdous

et al.

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 357, P. 120705 - 120705

Published: April 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Multi-temporal remote sensing and geospatial analysis for urban ecosystem service dynamics: A three-decade assessment of land surface transformation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia DOI

Hamad Ahmed Altuwaijri,

Abdulla ‐ Al Kafy, Zullyadini A. Rahaman

et al.

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 103892 - 103892

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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