Position
Assistant Professor
College
College of Architecture and Planning
Department
Urban and Regional Planning
Email
aialmulhim@iau.edu.sa

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Summary

Dr. Abdulaziz Almulhim is an Assistant Professor of urban sustainability at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (IAU), in the College of Architecture and Planning. Dr. Almulhim was awarded a Ph.D. by the University of Liverpool in 2020. He obtained a Master's degree from the University of Colorado Denver, and he obtained a Bachelor’s degree with honors from IAU (formerly Dammam University). Dr. Almulhim focuses his research on the field of urban sustainability, urbanization in sustainable cities, climate change, circular economy, water and waste management and land use and land cover changes. He has published over 25 articles in global high-impact journals. He serves as a reviewer and a chief guest editor for several reputable international journals.

General Specialization: Urban and Regional Planning

Specific Specialization: Urban Sustainability

 

Publications

Almulhim, A., and Cobbinah, P. B. 2023. Can rapid urbanization be sustainable? The case of Saudi Arabian cities. Habitat International, 139, 102884

Almulhim, A., and Abubakar, I.R. 2023 Understanding household attitudes to water conservation in Saudi Arabia: towards sustainable communities. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 1-20

Aina, Y.; Abubakar, I.; Almulhim, A.; Dano, U.; Maghsoodi Tilaki, M.; Dawood, S.

Digitalization and Smartification of Urban Services to Enhance Urban Resilience in the Post-Pandemic Era: The Case of the Pilgrimage City of Makkah. Smart Cities, 6(4), 1973-1995

Almulhim, A., and Al-Saidi, M. 2023. Circular economy and the resource nexus: Realignment and progress towards sustainable development in Saudi Arabia. Environmental Development 46, 100851

Almulhim, A., and Cobbinah, P. B. 2023. Urbanization-environment conundrum: an invitation to sustainable development in Saudi Arabian cities. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, 1–15

Kafy, A., Bakshi, A., Saha, M., Faisal, A., Almulhim, A., Rahaman, Z., and Mohammad, P. 2023. Assessment and prediction of index based agricultural drought vulnerability using machine learning algorithms. Science of The Total Environment 867, 161394

Almulhim, A., Bibri, S., Sharifi, A., Ahmad, S., and Almatar, K. 2022. Emerging Trends and Knowledge Structures of Urbanization and Environmental Sustainability: A Regional Perspective. Sustainability, 14(20), 13195

Almulhim, A., 2022. Understanding public awareness and attitudes toward renewable energy resources in Saudi Arabia. Renewable Energy, 192, pp.572-582.

AlDousari, A., Kafy, A., Saha, M., Fattah, M., Almulhim, A., Faisal, A., Al Rakib, A., Jahir, D., Rahaman, Z., Bakshi, A., Shahrier, M. and Rahman, M., 2022. Modelling the impacts of land use/land cover changing pattern on urban thermal characteristics in Kuwait. Sustainable Cities and Society, 86, p.104107.

Rahaman, Z., Kafy, A., Saha, M., Rahim, A., Almulhim, A., Rahaman, S., Fattah, M., Rahman, M., S, K., Faisal, A. and Al Rakib, A., 2022. Assessing the impacts of vegetation cover loss on surface temperature, urban heat island and carbon emission in Penang city, Malaysia. Building and Environment, 222, p.109335.

Almulhim, A., 2022. Household's awareness and participation in sustainable electronic waste management practices in Saudi Arabia. Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 13(4), p.101729.

Almulhim, A. and Aina, Y., 2022. Understanding Household Water-Use Behavior and Consumption Patterns during COVID-19 Lockdown in Saudi Arabia. Water, 14(3), p.314.

Almulhim, A., Ahmad, I., Sarkar, S. and Chavali, M., 2021. Consequences of COVID‐19 pandemic on solid waste management: Scenarios pertaining to developing countries. Remediation Journal, 31(4), pp.111-121.

Almulhim, A. and Abubakar, I., 2021. Understanding Public Environmental Awareness and Attitudes toward Circular Economy Transition in Saudi Arabia. Sustainability, 13(18), p.10157.

Almulhim, A., Aqil, M., Ahmad, S. and Abdel-Magid, I., 2021. Sustainable water planning and management research in Saudi Arabia: a data-driven bibliometric analysis. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 14(18).

Almulhim, A., 2021. Public knowledge and perception of climate change and global warming in the context of environmental challenges and policies in Saudi Arabia. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment.

Qualifications
  • PhD in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Liverpool, UK – 2020
  • MSc in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Colorado Denver, Colorado, USA – 2015
  • BSc with Honors in Urban and Regional Planning, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (formerly Dammam University), Saudi Arabia – 2011
Research

 Urban Sustainability, Sustainable Cities and Urbanization, Waste and Water Management, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Circular Economy, Environmental Planning, Land Use and Land Cover Changes, SDGs

 

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Published on: 31 August 2022
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