Sustainable cities aim to achieve a harmonious balance between human socioeconomic
activities and the natural environment to foster low-carbon and livable societies. However …

Land use change and its impacts on eco-environment attract great attentions. Earlier studies
shed light on the impacts of urban build-up land and agriculture land. Yet, knowledge about …

Abstract The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's (KSA) population growth has demanded that the
country expand its housing and infrastructure inventory inevitably resulting in an …

Remote sensing provides us with an approach for the rapid identification and monitoring of
spatiotemporal changes in the urban ecological environment at different scales. This study …

Since the 1970s oil boom, nations surrounding the Arabian Gulf have witnessed rapid
coastal urbanization, which accelerated in the early 2000s with the emergence of large …

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries experience a harsh environment with low
precipitation and high evaporation rates. This presents a significant challenge of water …

This study sought to integrate the Cellular Automata-Markov Model (CA-Markov) and the
Cellular Automata (CA) using sensing data for land cover maps for the years: 1988, 2000 …

Urban green spaces (UGSs) provide various ecosystem services (ESs) that directly and
indirectly enhance people's well-being. However, in the Saudi context, the assessment role …

Understanding rates, patterns and types of land use and land cover (LULC) changes are
essential for various decision-making processes. This study quantified LULC changes and …

Abstract The city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is characterized by a hot and arid desert climate.
On occasion, however, extreme precipitation events have led to flooding that caused …