Talal Al-Awadhi

Biographic Data

ID2191491
NAMETalal Al-Awadhi
GIVEN NAMESTalal
FAMILY NAMEAl-Awadhi
SIGNATUREAL-AWADHI T
AFFILIATIONSSultan Qaboos University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS15
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Examining Spatial Relationship between Covid-19 pandemic and Population Density

    Open AccessTalal Al-Awadhi, Khalid Al-Awadhi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ecohumanism2026

    In the second half of November 2019, the Chinese government officially confirmed the detection of the first case of COVID-19 in Wuhan city. Subsequently, the pandemic began to spread dramatically across the world. By March 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the COVID-19 transmission as a pandemic. The organization recommended world governments to start the lock down procedures. These procedures affected many economies across the …

  • The Effects of Sociodemographic Characteristics on Divorce Rates in Oman

    Shawky Mansour, Emad Farouk Saleh et al.ARTICLEThe Professional Geographer2020

    Divorce and family dissolution are global issues linked to various socioeconomic, demographic, and spatial variables. In the last decade, the divorce rate has increased dramatically across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia). Rapid economic development, social transformation, and modernization have directly led to deep cultural changes in marriage and marital instabi…

  • Changing Urban Ecology a Challenge for Coastal Urban Resilience

    Open AccessNoura Al Nasiri, Talal Al-Awadhi et al.ARTICLEEnvironment and Urbanization Asia2020

    Rapid urbanisation has always been considered a determinant of the changing urban ecology, which encompasses vegetation, open spaces and vacant land to a compact urban area. Such changes of urban ecology expose coastal cities and make them vulnerable to natural disasters like flash floods and storm surges. This study uses the Compound Annual Growth Rate model and geospatial analysis to assess the changes to the urban ecology along the 43 km long …

  • Monitoring land use and land cover changes in the mountainous cities of Oman using GIS and CA-Markov modelling techniques

    Open AccessShawky Mansour, Mohammed Ali K Al-Belushi et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2020Cited by: 11References: 61

  • Pathways for building urban resilience to climate change in Oman

    Talal Al-Awadhi, Talal Al‐awadhi et al.ARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2019Cited by: 2References: 25

    The Sultanate of Oman is highly vulnerable to climate change. Recent experiences with Cyclone Gonu in 2007, Phet in 2010 and Mekunu 2018, show the potential impact of extreme climatic events on urban areas, with a high loss of life, destruction of infrastructure and economic damage. Despite Oman facing multiple hazards and risks from climate change, no policies or strategies have been specifically designed to build climate resilience for urban ci…

  • Comparative analysis of the driving forces and spatiotemporal patterns of urbanisation in Muscat, Doha, and Dubai

    Ammar Abulibdeh, Talal Al-Awadhi et al.ARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2019Cited by: 2References: 32

    This article analyses contemporary urbanisation patterns in Muscat, Dubai, and Doha cities, focusing on urban land cover change and the roles of governance, globalisation, oil revenues, internal migration, social factors, and urban planning forces in developing these cities. Remotely sensed and demographic data for the past 30 years were used to identify concurrent changes in urbanisation patterns, in order to gain a comprehensive understanding o…