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Salah Ajjur

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PhD Student, Sustainable Environment – HBKU (Aug 2019 - Dec 2022)

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Biography

Salah Basem Ajjur is a researcher with a focus on climate change impacts on water resources and flood risk management. He holds a PhD in Sustainable Environment from Hamad Bin Khalifa University (2022), an MSc in Environmental Engineering from the Islamic University of Gaza (2013), and a BSc in Civil Engineering from the same institution (2010). His research explores evapotranspiration and water availability in arid regions, flood hazard mapping, and the urban growth–climate change–flood risk nexus in fast-growing cities. Salah’s work aims to improve climate resilience and water resource management in vulnerable regions.

Research Interests

Salah Basem Ajjur's research focuses on the impacts of climate change on water resources, particularly evapotranspiration and water availability in arid regions like the Middle East and North Africa. He also investigates flood hazard mapping using GIS and multi-criteria decision analysis, with a particular interest in the nexus of urban growth, climate change, and flood risks in rapidly expanding cities.

Selected Publications

  • ‌Salah Basem Ajjur, & Al-Ghamdi, S. G. (2021). Evapotranspiration and water availability response to climate change in the Middle East and North Africa. Climatic Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-021-03122-z
  • ‌Ajjur, S. B., & Mogheir, Y. K. (2020). Flood hazard mapping using a multi-criteria decision analysis and GIS (case study Gaza Governorate, Palestine). Arabian Journal of Geosciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-019-5024-6
  • ‌Salah Basem Ajjur, & Al-Ghamdi, S. G. (2022). Exploring urban growth–climate change–flood risk nexus in fast growing cities. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16475-x

Education

  • PhD - the Sustainable Environment, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, 2022
  • MSc - Environmental Engineering, Islamic University of Gaza, 2013
  • BSc - Civil Engineering, Islamic University of Gaza, 2010

Research Interests Keywords

Urban Climate Weather and climate extremes Flood analysis Climate change impact
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