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Dr. Muhammad Almatar
Kuwait University

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Journal article
Published: 25 November 2020 in ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
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Researchers have developed various approaches for exploring the spatial information, temporal patterns, and Twitter content in topics of interest in order to generate a better understanding of human behavior; however, few investigations have integrated these three dimensions simultaneously. This study analyzes the content of tweets in order to conduct a spatiotemporal exploration of the main topics of interest in Kuwait in order to provide a deeper understanding of the topics people think about, when they think about them, and where they tweet about them. To this end, we collect, process, and analyze tweets from nearly 120 areas in Kuwait over a 10-month period. The study’s results indicate that religion, emotions, education, and public policy are the most popular topics of interest in Kuwait. Regarding the spatiotemporal analysis, people post more tweets regarding religion on Fridays, a holy day for Muslims in Kuwait. Moreover, people are more likely to tweet about policy and education on weekdays rather than weekends. In contrast, people tweet about emotional expressions more often on weekends. From the spatial perspectives, spatial clustering in topics occurs across the days of the week. The findings are applicable to further topic analysis and similar research in other countries.

ACS Style

Muhammad G. Almatar; Huda S. Alazmi; Liuqing Li; Edward A. Fox. Applying GIS and Text Mining Methods to Twitter Data to Explore the Spatiotemporal Patterns of Topics of Interest in Kuwait. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2020, 9, 702 .

AMA Style

Muhammad G. Almatar, Huda S. Alazmi, Liuqing Li, Edward A. Fox. Applying GIS and Text Mining Methods to Twitter Data to Explore the Spatiotemporal Patterns of Topics of Interest in Kuwait. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2020; 9 (12):702.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Muhammad G. Almatar; Huda S. Alazmi; Liuqing Li; Edward A. Fox. 2020. "Applying GIS and Text Mining Methods to Twitter Data to Explore the Spatiotemporal Patterns of Topics of Interest in Kuwait." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 9, no. 12: 702.

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Published: 01 September 2020 in Sustainability
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Failaka Island, located in the far east of Kuwait Bay about 20 km from the State of Kuwait’s coast, represents a focal point for regional geography and history, including natural wonders and archaeological sites dating to the Bronze, Iron, Hellenistic, Christian and Islamic periods. According to environmental data and in coordination with local authorities to develop an urban plan, the island is set to become the first tourist destination for the State of Kuwait. To achieve the Vision of Kuwait 2035, one of the planning objectives centers on Urban Planning for the Establishment of Environmental Cities that Achieve (UPEECA) environmental sustainability criteria. The article then, aims to propose the environmental urban plan for Failaka Island. Based around Environmental Analytical Hierarchical Processes (EAHP) and using the Field Calculator and ModelBuilder functions in ArcGIS, this research centers on the feasibility of carrying out an urban plan using suitability modeling that incorporates 4 factors and 13 criteria covering the island’s ecological and human composition. This study utilizes both remote sensing (Unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs for 3D imaging) and field study (ground truthing) to identify changes in land use and land cover—such as using sample analysis of the historical sites and soils for tracing evidence and creating/updating a soil map—and create the first geographic information systems (GIS) database for the island that can lead capable of generating a suitability model.

ACS Style

Ahmed Hassan; Muhammad G Almatar; Magdy Torab; Casey Allen. Environmental Urban Plan for Failaka Island, Kuwait: A Study in Urban Geomorphology. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7125 .

AMA Style

Ahmed Hassan, Muhammad G Almatar, Magdy Torab, Casey Allen. Environmental Urban Plan for Failaka Island, Kuwait: A Study in Urban Geomorphology. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (17):7125.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Ahmed Hassan; Muhammad G Almatar; Magdy Torab; Casey Allen. 2020. "Environmental Urban Plan for Failaka Island, Kuwait: A Study in Urban Geomorphology." Sustainability 12, no. 17: 7125.

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Published: 11 August 2020
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Failaka Island is located 20 kilometers east of the Kuwait mainland. The island includes archaeological sites dating back to the Bronze, Hellenistic, Christian, and Islamic ages. To develop the island as a tourist attraction the state is pursuing a new urban plan based on the island's environmental potential. This study is the basis of the urban plan depends on environmental criteria from the view of Geoarchaeology. The study analysis the land-use and land-cover changes of Failaka Island between 1958- 2018. It provides a topographic survey of the island's coastline and a classification of its geomorphological features and a state of the art identification of its archaeological sites by using a drone to make a terrain model. The study used a medium to high-resolution image analysis of the land-use and land-cover changes: WorldView2-50cm 2010 and 2018; Landsat 8; aerial photography; Drone images and a digital elevation model (DEM), to analysis the expected sea level changes by the end of this century. This study also created a geodatabase of the island that can be adapted for future studies. The results emphasize the importance of preserving the historical and ecological features of the island while developing its infrastructure.

ACS Style

Ahmed Hassan; Muhammad G Almatar; Hassan Ashkanani. Investigating Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes of Failaka Island: A Study in Geography and Geoarchaeology. 2020, 1 .

AMA Style

Ahmed Hassan, Muhammad G Almatar, Hassan Ashkanani. Investigating Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes of Failaka Island: A Study in Geography and Geoarchaeology. . 2020; ():1.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Ahmed Hassan; Muhammad G Almatar; Hassan Ashkanani. 2020. "Investigating Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes of Failaka Island: A Study in Geography and Geoarchaeology." , no. : 1.

Preprint
Published: 05 August 2020
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Failaka Island, located in the far east of Kuwait Bay, is about 20 km from the State of Kuwait’s coast, and represents a focal point for regional geography and history, with pristine beaches and archaeological sites dating to the Bronze, Iron, Hellenistic, Christian and Islamic periods. According to environmental data and in coordination with local authorities to develop an urban plan, the island is set to become the first tourist destination for the State of Kuwait. To achieve the Vision of Kuwait 2035, one of the planning objectives focuses around Urban Planning for the Establishment of Environmental Cities that Achieve (UPEECA) environmental sustainability criteria. The paper then, aims to propose the environmental urban plan for Failaka Island. Based around Environmental Analytical Hierarchical Processes (EAHP), and using the Field Calculator and ModelBuilder functions in ArcGIS, this research centres on the feasibility of carrying out an urban plan using suitability modelling that includes four factors and 13 criteria covering the island’s ecological and human composition. This study utilizes both remote sensing (UAVs for 3D imaging) and field study (ground truthing) to identify changes in land use and land cover – such as using sample analysis of the historical sites and soils for tracing evidence and creating/updating a soil map – and create the first GIS database for the island that can lead to generating a suitability model.

ACS Style

Ahmed Hassan; Muhammad G Almatar; Magdy Torab; Casey D Allen. Environmental Urban Plan for Failaka Island, Kuwait: A Study in Urban Geomorphology. 2020, 1 .

AMA Style

Ahmed Hassan, Muhammad G Almatar, Magdy Torab, Casey D Allen. Environmental Urban Plan for Failaka Island, Kuwait: A Study in Urban Geomorphology. . 2020; ():1.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Ahmed Hassan; Muhammad G Almatar; Magdy Torab; Casey D Allen. 2020. "Environmental Urban Plan for Failaka Island, Kuwait: A Study in Urban Geomorphology." , no. : 1.