Dr. Umar Lawal Dano

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Summary

Umar Lawal Dano is an Associate Professor at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. He earned a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from UTP, Malaysia, and a Master's in Planning-Information Technology from UTM, Malaysia. He is a member of the Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF), Singapore, Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institution (SSSI), Australia, and the Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEES), Hong Kong. He has published several research articles in peer-reviewed journals, book, book chapters, and conference proceedings. His research interest includes applications of GIS, remote sensing, and multi-criteria decision analysis (Analytic Hierarchy Process and Analytic Network Process Models) tools in flood hazards forecasting, climate change, urban planning, and land suitability modeling.

Publications

1) Alrawaf, T. I., Abubakar, I. R., Alshabibi, N. M., Al-Matar, K. M., Dano, U. L., Elhadi, E. M. A., ... & Al-Odah, M. A. (2023). The distribution of ecotourism activities and potential consequences for the Saudi desert ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments, 213, 104950.

2) Dano, U. L., Abubakar, I. R., AlShihri, F. S., Ahmed, S. M., Alrawaf, T. I., & Alshammari, M. S. (2022). A multi-criteria assessment of climate change impacts on urban sustainability in Dammam Metropolitan Area, Saudi Arabia. Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 102062.

3) Dano, U. L. (2022). An AHP-based assessment of flood triggering factors to enhance resiliency in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. GeoJournal, 87(3), 1945-1960.

4) AlQahtany, A. M., Dano, U. L., Elhadi Abdalla, E. M., Mohammed, W. E., Abubakar, I. R., Al-Gehlani, W. A. G., ... & Alshammari, M. S. (2022). Land Reclamation in a Coastal Metropolis of Saudi Arabia: Environmental Sustainability Implications. Water, 14(16), 2546.

5) Abubakar, I. R., Maniruzzaman, K. M., Dano, U. L., AlShihri, F. S., AlShammari, M. S., Ahmed, S. M. S., ... & Alrawaf, T. I. (2022). Environmental sustainability impacts of solid waste management practices in the global South. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19), 12717.

6) Balogun, A. L., Adebisi, N., Abubakar, I. R., Dano, U. L., & Tella, A. (2022). Digitalization for transformative urbanization, climate change adaptation, and sustainable farming in Africa: trend, opportunities, and challenges. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, 19(1), 17-37.

7) Balogun, A. L., Sheng, T. Y., Sallehuddin, M. H., Aina, Y. A., Dano, U. L., Pradhan, B., ... & Tella, A. (2022). Assessment of data mining, multi-criteria decision making and fuzzy-computing techniques for spatial flood susceptibility mapping: A comparative study. Geocarto International, 1-27.

8) Alhefnawi, M. A., Lawal Dano, U., & Istanbouli, M. J. (2021). Perception of students and their households regarding the community role in urban heritage conservation in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development.

9) Dano, U. L. (2020). Flash flood impact assessment in Jeddah City: An analytic hierarchy process approach. Hydrology, 7(1), 10.

10) Dano, U. L., Balogun, A. L., Abubakar, I. R., & Aina, Y. A. (2020). Transformative urban governance: Confronting urbanization challenges with geospatial technologies in Lagos, Nigeria. GeoJournal, 85, 1039-1056.

11) Abubakar, I. R., & Dano, U. L. (2020). Sustainable urban planning strategies for mitigating climate change in Saudi Arabia. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 22(6), 5129-5152.

12) Balogun, A., Quan, S., Pradhan, B., Dano, U., & Yekeen, S. (2020). An improved flood susceptibility model for assessing the correlation of flood hazard and property prices using geospatial technology and fuzzy-ANP. Journal of Environmental Informatics, 37(2), 107.

13) Dano, U. L., Balogun, A. L., Matori, A. N., Wan Yusouf, K., Abubakar, I. R., Said Mohamed, M. A., ... & Pradhan, B. (2019). Flood susceptibility mapping using GIS-based analytic network process: A case study of Perlis, Malaysia. Water, 11(3), 615.

14) Balogun, A. L., Matori, A. N., Hamid-Mosaku, A. I., Umar Lawal, D., & Ahmed Chandio, I. (2017). Fuzzy MCDM-based GIS model for subsea oil pipeline route optimization: An integrated approach. Marine Georesources & Geotechnology, 35(7), 961-969.

15) Chandio, I. A., Matori, A. N. B., WanYusof, K. B., Talpur, M. A. H., Balogun, A. L., & Lawal, D. U. (2013). GIS-based analytic hierarchy process as a multicriteria decision analysis instrument: a review. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 6, 3059-3066.

16) Aminu, M., Ludin, A. N. B. M., Matori, A. N., Wan Yusof, K., Dano, L. U., & Chandio, I. A. (2013). A spatial decision support system (SDSS) for sustainable tourism planning in Johor Ramsar sites, Malaysia. Environmental earth sciences, 70, 1113-1124.

Research