Journal articles

Developing a GIS based integrated approach to flood management in Trinidad, West Indies (with Bheshem Ramlal), Journal of Environmental Management (2008)
Trinidad and Tobago is plagued with a perennial flooding problem. The higher levels of rainfall...
 
Emerging geo-imaging techniques for the management of tropical coastal environments (with Raid Al-Tahir), West Indian Journal of Engineering (2007)
 
Managing development in the hillsides of Trinidad and Tobago using geoinformatics (with Deborah Thomas, Francis Canisius, and Kamal J. Sant), Sustainable Development (2007)
An increase in the unmanaged development of hillsides is causing environmental, social and economic problems...
 
An examination of GIS success within local government departments in the U.K. and in Trinidad and Tobago (with Bheshem Ramlal), Surveying And Land Information Science (2006)
The levels of GIS use in local government departments in the U.K and in Government...
 

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Developing a geoinformatics based approach to manage water resources in Southern Kurdistan, Zanin (2006)
The region is currently experiencing an increase in water demand due to an expanding population,...
 
Rainfall trends in the Badia Region of Jordan (with Nadhir Al-Ansari), Surveying and Land Information Science (2005)
In Jordan, like in other semi-arid countries in the region, water resources are increasingly becoming...
 

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A CLEAR endeavour to address development and environmental challenges in the Carribbean region (with Bheshem Ramlal and Raid Al-Tahir), International Journal of Geoinformatics (2005)
The Caribbean region consists of many small islands that span a large geographical area. The...
 
Accomplishing sustainable development in Southern Kurdistan using geoinformatics: an overview, Zanin (2005)
Southern Kurdistan is experiencing a rapid rate of development, which is often associated with increased...
 

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An evaluation of water circulation and contaminant transport models for the Intra-American Seas (with Shelley Jules-Moore), West Indian Journal of Engineering (2005)
The Intra-American Seas (IAS) consists of a number of small islands with high coastline to...
 
Mapping landslide susceptibility for the Carribbean island of Tobago using GIS multi-criteria evaluation techniques with a varied weighted approach (with Kamal J. Sant), Caribbean Journal of Earth Sciences (2005)
A GIS based methodology for evaluating landslide susceptibility for the Caribbean island of Tobago using...
 
An examination of agricultural land use change in the north-eastern Badia, Jordan using remote sensing and GIS (with Rida Al-Adamat and Ian Foster), International Journal of Environmental Studies (2004)
The Jordanian government has encouraged irrigated agriculture since the early 1990s by providing low cost...
 
Flooding and landslides in the West Indies: digging deeper into the dirt (with Rafi Ahmad, Kamal J. Sant, and Amar Chinchali), The Hammer: Newsletter of the Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago (2004)
 
Issues in information poverty and decision-making in the Caribbean region, a way forward (with Bheshem Ramlal and Raid Al-Tahir), West Indian Journal of Engineering (2004)
 
Mapping groundwater level and depth in the Azraq Basin in Jordan using GIS (with Rida Al-Adamat), Surveying and Land Information Science (2004)
Water resources can play a vital role in the economic development of a country. In...
 
Mapping landslide susceptibility on a small mountainous tropical island using GIS (with Kamal J. Sant), Asian Journal of Geoinformatics (2004)
 
Meeting the needs of geoinfomatics education the Carribean region (with Bheshem Ramlal and Raid Al-Tahir), Asian Journal Geoinformatics (2004)
 
Modelling the optimum routes for linking potential reservoir sites to demand area in mountainous tropical islands (with Kamruzaman Wan-Yusof, Ian Foster, and Bheshem Ramlal), Surveying and Land Information Science (2004)
Identifying efficient pathways for linking potential reservoir sites to demand areas can be a difficult...
 
Groundwater vulnerability mapping for the Basaltic aquifer of the Azraq basin of Jordan using GIS, Remote Sensing and DRASTIC (with Rida Al-Adamat and Ian Foster), Applied Geography (2003)
Water consumption in Jordan already exceeds renewable freshwater resources by more than 20% and, after...
 
Let the desert bloom: an overview of an attempt to promote sustainable development and environmental protection in the Jordanian Badia Region (with Salem Al-Oun and Mohammed Shahbaz), Sustainable Development (2003)
The Bedu have lived for centuries in harmony with the environment in the Middle Eastern...
 
Modelling optimum sites for locating reservoirs in tropical environments (with Kamruzaman Wan-Yusof), Water Resources Management (2003)
A team of specialists normally carries out the task of locating reservoir sites based on...
 
The guide to writing and publishing research papers in peer reviewed journals (with Clement K. Sankat), West Indian Journal of Engineering (2003)
 
An analysis of remote sensing, GIS, and World Wide Web utilization in geoscience education in the UK, Surveying and Land Information Science (2002)
The study aims to examine the usage as well as the potential future use of...
 
Modelling water flow and quality: an evaluation of the ISIS model in the River Avon (with Foster Ian), West Indian Journal of Engineering (2002)
 
Developing and applying a GIS-assisted approach to locating wind farms in the UK (with Tim Parry), Renewable Energy (2001)
An increase in public awareness regarding the negative impact of traditional power-generating methods, especially coal...
 
Mapping land use/cover distribution on a mountainous tropical island using remote sensing and GIS (with Kamruzaman Wan-Yusof), International Journal of Remote Sensing (2001)
The land use/cover distribution on Langkawi Island, Malaysia was mapped using remote sensing and a...
 
Modelling soil erosion in tropical environments using remote sensing and geographical information systems (with Kamruzaman Wan-Yusof), Hydrological Sciences Journal (2001)
Soil erosion probability maps were produced under various case scenarios by accounting for uncertainties in...
 
Developing and implementing GIS-assisted constraints criteria for planning landfill sites in the UK (with Joseph Flannagan), Planning Practice and Research (1998)
 
Environmental monitoring of estuaries: estimating and mapping various environmental indicators in Breydon Water Estuary, UK, using Landsat TM imagery, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (1997)
The spatial and temporal distribution of suspended solids, turbidity, temperature, salinity, chlorophyll aand total phosphorus...
 

Books

Enduring geohazards in the Caribbean: moving from the reactive to the proactive, School of Environmental Science and Management Papers (2008)
Landslides and flooding in the Caribbean are destructive, endemic forces that destroy homes, businesses and...
 
Living with water scarcity: water resources in Jordan Badia Region, the way forward (with Nadhir Al-Ansari), School of Environmental Science and Management Papers (2001)
 

Conference publications

Using geoinformatics to estimate nitrate leaching to groundwater in the Azraq basin in Jordan due to human activities (with Ian Foster and Rida Al-Adamat), Sustainability of groundwater resources and its indicators: proceedings of symposium S3, 7th IAHS Scientific Assembly, Foz do lgacu, Brazil, April 3-9, 2005 (2006)
During the 20th century, the Bedu’s environment was fragmented to form parts of Jordan, Syria,...
 
Mapping floods in the St Joseph watershed, Trinidad, using GIS (with Ronnie Kantasingh), Regional hydrological impacts of climatic variability and change - impact assessment and decision making: proceedings of symposium s6 held during the 7th IAHS scientific assembly at Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, April 2005 (2005)
The problem of flooding in Trinidad, and the Caribbean region, is a perennial one that...
 
Managing natural habitat loss in the Caribbean region using remotely sensed data and GIS: examining Trinidad and Tobago as a case study, Proceedings of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) 2001 Caribbean GIS Conference (2001)