Brief Bio
1. Personal Information
Name: Elnazir Ahmed Ramadan
E-mail: alnazir@squ.edu.om
Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
Department: Geography
Specialization: Urban & Regional Planning
Minor specialization: Lnad use Planning
Address: Sultan Qaboos University, College of Arts & Social Sciences. P.O Box 42, P.C. 123. Al-Khoud, Sultanate of Oman.
2. Employment History
Place of Work (Institution)
Year
Occupation
Sultan Qaboos University (Oman)
2012 to Present
Asssitant Professor
Qatar University (Qatar)
2008 – 2010
Asssitant Professor
Juba University (Sudan)
2004-2008
Asssitant Professor
Juba University (Sudan)
1996 -2004
Lecturer
3. Education and Qualifications
3- 1 Qualifications
Year
Qualification
Institution
2004
Ph.D
Nanjing university (China)
1997
PGD
IHS (Netherlands)
1992/1996
University of Khartoum (Sudan)
B. A(Honours) Geography & Msc Urban
Planning
3-2 Courses Taught
Level
(GEOG6111) Advanced quantitative and qualitative research
methods
(GEOG1252 )Urban Geography
(GEOG3650) Research Methods in Geography
(GEOG3572) Statistical Analysis for Planning
(GEOG3672) Land use Planning
(GEOG1252) Regional Planning
(GEOG 3573) Urban Planning Polices & Systems
(GEOG4751 ) Geography of Arab World
(GEOG1059) Geography of Rural Settlements
Graduate (Masters level)
Undergraduate
undergraduate
undergraduate
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
4. Research
4-1 Research Interests
1. Urban Studies and Planning
2. Sustainability and Global environmental Change
3. Remote Sensing and GIS applications in urban Planning
4-2 Papers (5 most important or recent papers)
1. Ramadan, E. (2015) Sustainable Water Resources Management in Arid Environment: The Case of Arabian
Gulf . . Int J Waste Resour 2015, 5: 179: doi:10.4172/2252-5211.1000179
2. Ramadan , E (2015) Sustainable Urbanization in the Arabian Gulf Region: Problems and Challenges. Arts
Social Sci J 6: 109. doi:10.4172/2151- 6200.1000109
3. Al Buloshi, A, S and Ramadan, E (2015) Climate Change Awareness and Perception amongst the
Inhabitants of Muscat Governorate, Oman American Journal of Climate Change 4 (04), 33
4. Al-Hatrushi, S. Ramadan, E and Charabi Y(2015) Application of Geo-Processing Model for a Quantitative
Assessment of Coastal Exposure and Sensitivity to Sea Level Rise in the Sultanate of Oman. American
Journal of Climate Change 4 (04), 379
5. Zhang, Y ,Inakwu O.A. Odeh & Ramadan ,E(2013): Assessment of land surface temperature in relation to
landscape metrics and fractional vegetation cover in an urban/peri-urban region using Landsat data,
International Journal of Remote Sensing, 34:1, 168-189
4-3 Conferences (5 most important or recent conferences)
1. Ramadan, E. , ,S Al-Hatrushi (2015) Urban Sustainability in the Arabian Gulf Region: Problems and
Challenges Annuall congress of the Association of American geographers ,Chicago ,USA
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2. Ramadan ,E and Salih ,Abdelrahim (2015) Satellite monitoring of land and vegetation around Salalah City
,Oman .International conference on environmental engineering and remote sensing ,Poucket Thailand
(EERS2015)
3. Ramadan , E (2014) Sustainable Urbanization in the Arabian Gulf Region: Problems and Challenges.
Inaugural Asian Conference on the Arts, Humanities and Sustainability(ACAHS 2014) December 1-3,
2014Hiroshima, Japan.
4. Ramadan ,E (2013) Land Tenure and Informality in Dohfar ,Oman , International conference of
Contemporary Urban issues CUI’13 , organized by DAKAM (Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research
Center) and hosted by IU (Istanbul University
5. Ramadan ,E and ElMahi , A (2012) Land Use Change and Pastoral economy in Dhofar, Oman . Second
International Conference of College of Arts and Social Sciences ,Sultan Qaboos University ,Muscat ,Oman
4-4 Thesis Supervision (5 most recent theses)
1. Manal Ali Hamad AlBloushi (2016) : Demographic and Spatial Characteristics of Crime in the Governorate
of Muscat in 2008 and 2013
5. Awards
6. Community Service
6-1 Community services (Lectures – Seminars – etc….)
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Memeber of Land use and infrastructure committee of the Oman national spatial strategy (ONSS)2013
Memeber of research team of the national strategy for adaptation and mitigation of climate change
Lectures on fundamentals of cartography .Experienced teacher worshop,SQU March 2015
Lectures on map classifications and digital maps .Experienced teacher worshop,SQU March 2015
Presentation on Support and Environment workshop for the Oman Olympic committee November2015
6-2 Committee membership (5 main committees)
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Member of the webmaster committee of the college of Arts and Social Sciences, since 2013
Member of the department committee of strategic plan
Member of the department committee of study plans and courses
Member of the department committee on Student advising
Member of the scientific committee of department conference 2016
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