Research List

The paper introduces an innovative, open source cloud platform for the efficient, knowledge-based, sustainable and inclusive development of urban parks – Bahrain Parks, developed at the University of Bahrain. We describe the local context at the genesis of the initiative, its components, and the rationale for the creation of a [...]

This is a research in progress study that explores the extent in which the public and private sectors’ collaboration in the area of cloud computing is contributing to the expansion of the digital entrepreneurial ecosystem for smart cities. More specifically, we focus on the case study of the public sector’s [...]

Reference architectural models are coherent representations/blueprints of the interaction existing between homogeneous/heterogeneous groups of systems, technologies, and users in complex business domains. Due to its complexity, the smart city domain should embrace a reference architectural model which facilitates coherent capabilities of the interacting application, and infrastructure’s capabilities in a certain [...]

This paper studies the existing routes of public transportation in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The transportation service undergoes disruptions due to traffic congestions, constructive roads, bad weather conditions. In such cases, the bus needs to be rerouted in real time in order to perform its service efficiently. The main objective [...]

The global road crash deaths during the past 35 years are estimated and analysed considering micro-level data for 215 countries. The data were gathered from Governmental records, international databases, and personal contacts. The data are adjusted for underreporting, death definition differences and missing data. The study models both reported and [...]

The objective of this paper is to analyze temporal and seasonal trends of air pollution in Bahrain between 2006 and 2012 by utilizing datasets from five air quality monitoring stations. The non-parametric and robust Theil-Sen approach is employed to study quantitatively temporal variations of particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), nitrogen [...]

Pakistan has a road network of approximately 250,000 km, which carries a significant proportion of passenger as well as freight traffic. Almost the whole length of this network is made up of flexible pavement, which uses asphalt concrete as the surface course. Asphalt pavements are subjected to many types of [...]

The objective of this paper is to map possible subsurface dumpsites of solid waste in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Due to limited land availability, random garbage dumping for waste disposal and reclamation has occurred in the past and continues to occur in the Kingdom. Consequently, the process causes economic stress, [...]

The objective of this study is to identify the most important air pollutants based on their individual contribution to Air Quality Index (AQI) and to determine the major air pollution sources in Bahrain. Data sets from seventeen air quality monitoring sites were evaluated using XLSTAT 2014 and Statistical Package for [...]

The trend of urbanization has attracted increased attention towards urban areas around the world. Central business districts (CBDs) serve as the core of commercial activities of urban areas and are often associated with high-density population. Noise pollution in urban areas, especially CBDs, is considered as an important issue for planners [...]