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DR. RIFFAT MAHMOOD

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Journal Publications:
1. Md Abdul Malak, Nazia Khan Lina, Mohammad Abdul Quader, Riffat Mahmood, “Immobility, Older Adults and Adaptation to Tropical Cyclones: Insights from Coastal Bangladesh”, Migration and Development , SAGE Publications, 2024 Click here for details
2. Yuqi Dong, Yiqiong Li, Li Zhang, Min Yan, Wei Shao, Qinglan Zhang, Chengyun Ji, Riffat Mahmood, Ping Wang, “Improved urbanization-vegetation cover coordination associated with economic level in port cities along the Maritime Silk Road”, Ecological Indicators , Elsevier BV, Volume - 163, Page No. - 112116, 2024 Click here for details
3. Mehedi Hasan, Leion Hassan, Mamun Abdullah Al, Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal, Mohd Hanafi Idris, Mohammad Ziaul Hoque, Riffat Mahmoood, Md Nahin Alam, Ataher Ali, “Human intervention caused massive destruction of the second largest mangrove forest, Chakaria Sundarbans, Bangladesh”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research , Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Issue - 17, Volume - 31, Page No. - 25329-25341, 2024 Click here for details
4. Jian Zuo, Li Zhang, Bowei Chen, Jingjuan Liao, Mazlan Hashim, Dewayany Sutrisno, Mohammad Emran Hasan, Riffat Mahmood, Dalhatu Aliyu Sani, “Assessment of coastal sustainable development along the maritime silk road using an integrated natural-economic-social (NES) ecosystem”, Heliyon , Elsevier BV, Issue - 6, Volume - 9, Page No. - e17440, 2023 Click here for details
5. Riffat Mahmood, Li Zhang, Guoqing Li, Nishith Ranjon Roy, Nailah Rawnaq, Min Yan, Yuqi Dong, Bowei Chen, “Geospatial assessment of intrinsic resilience to the climate change for the central coast of Bangladesh”, Climate Risk Management , Elsevier BV, Volume - 40, Page No. - 100521, 2023 Click here for details
6. Fan Yang, Li Zhang, Bowei Chen, Kaixin Li, Jingjuan Liao, Riffat Mahmood, Mohammad Emran Hasan, M. M. Abdullah Al Mamun, Syed Ahmed Raza, Dewayany Sutrisno, “Long-Term Change of Coastline Length along Selected Coastal Countries of Eurasia and African Continents”, Remote Sensing , MDPI AG, Issue - 9, Volume - 15, Page No. - 2344, 2023 Click here for details
7. Riffat Mahmood, Li Zhang, Guoqing Li, “Assessing effectiveness of nature-based solution with big earth data: 60 years mangrove plantation program in Bangladesh coast”, Ecological Processes , Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Issue - 1, Volume - 12, 2023 Click here for details
8. Min Yan, Shunxiang Fan, Li Zhang, Riffat Mahmood, Bowei Chen, Yuqi Dong, “Vegetation Dynamics Due to Urbanization in the Coastal Cities along the Maritime Silk Road”, Land , MDPI AG, Issue - 2, Volume - 11, Page No. - 164, 2022 Click here for details
9. Riffat Mahmood, Li Zhang, Guoqing Li, Munshi Khaledur Rahman, “Geo-based model of intrinsic resilience to climate change: an approach to nature-based solution”, Environment, Development and Sustainability , Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Issue - 10, Volume - 24, Page No. - 11969-11990, 2021 Click here for details
10. Mohammad Emran Hasan, Li Zhang, Riffat Mahmood, Huadong Guo, Guoqing Li, “Modeling of Forest Ecosystem Degradation Due to Anthropogenic Stress: The Case of Rohingya Influx into the Cox’s Bazar–Teknaf Peninsula of Bangladesh”, Environments , MDPI AG, Issue - 11, Volume - 8, Page No. - 121, 2021 Click here for details
11. Mohammad Emran HASAN, Li Zhang, Ashraf Dewan, Riffat Mahmood, “Spatiotemporal pattern of forest degradation and loss of ecosystem function associated with Rohingya influx: a geospatial approach”, , Authorea, Inc., 2020 Click here for details
12. Riffat Mahmood, Naser Ahmed, Li Zhang, Guoqing Li, “Coastal vulnerability assessment of Meghna estuary of Bangladesh using integrated geospatial techniques”, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction , Elsevier BV, Volume - 42, Page No. - 101374, 2020 Click here for details
13. Nahar, N., Neegar, S., Uddin, MA., Sultana, S. and Mahmood, R. “Degradation of river water quality and its effects on livelihood in Narsingdi industrial area, Bangladesh”, Rajshahi University Journal of Environmental Science , Rajshahi University, Volume - 6, Page No. - 118-127, Click here for details
14. Riffat Mahmood “Monitoring LULC dynamics using geospatial techniques: A case study of coastal Hatiya island of Bangladesh”, Jagannath University Journal of Life and Earth Sciences , , Issue - 1, Volume - 3, Page No. - 66-74, Click here for details
15. Nahar, N., Mahmood, R. and Rahman, D “Fire hazard vulnerability issues in readymade garment industries in Mirpur zone, Dhaka”, Jagannath University Journal of Life and Earth Sciences , , Issue - 2, Volume - 2, Page No. - 133-139, Click here for details
16. Roy, S. and Mahmood, R. “Monitoring shoreline dynamics using Landsat and hydrological data: A case study of Sandwip island of Bangladesh”, The Pennsylvania Geographer , , Issue - 2, Volume - 54, Page No. - 20-41, Click here for details
17. Mahmood, R. and Mahbub, AQM “Building vulnerable islander resilience to natural hazard: A participatory approach”, Handbook of Climate Change Resilience , Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature, Click here for details
18. Hasan, M. M., Hassan, M. L., Mamun, A. A., Hoque, M.Z., Mahmood, R., Ali, A., Alam, M. N., Kamal, A. H. M “Human interaction caused land cover changes of Chakaria Sundarban mangrove forest in Bangladesh: a fifty-years study”, Proceedings of 1st International Postgraduate Symposium on Food Security 2022 (IPSyoFS-22) , Faculty of Fisheries and Food Science (UMT) & Institute Pertanian Bogor (IPB Indonesia), Click here for details
19. Mahmood, R “Adaptation of isolated coastal community in the context of changing climatic scenario: A case study of Sandwip island of Bangladesh”, Paper Proceedings of Climate Change Adaptation 2015 , International Center for Research and Development, Sri Lanka, Click here for details

Conference Publications:
1. Rahman, M. M., Masrur, M. H., Mahmood, R., Rahaman, M. A. and Bijoy, M. R. “Disasters and forced migration: A case study on riverbank erosion and its potential impacts on rural and urban Bangladesh”, Proceedings of 4th Gobeshona Conference for Research on Climate Change in Bangladesh , Independent University, Click here for details

Membership:
1. Asia Pacific Academic Network on Disaster Displacement (APANDD), Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Sweden
2. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Bangladesh
3. Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA), Bangladesh
4. Bangladesh Geographical Society (BGS), Bangladesh
5. China National Space Administration (CNSA), China
6. DBAR-coast working group, Digital Belt and Road (DBAR), Belt and Road Initiative, China
7. National Earth Observation Data Center of China (NODA), China
8. Asia Oceania Group on Earth Observations (AOGEO) of Group on Earth Observations (GEO), Geneva, Switzerland

Workshop:
1. the Co-creation Workshop for Human Rights-based Integration into Course Modules (Manila, the Philippines, 11-13 September 2023)

Award:
1.  CAS-TWAS President's Fellowship Award, 2018 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China; The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Italy and UNESCO
2. National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship Award,2015, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Bangladesh, Bangladesh.
3. Merit Scholarship of Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Consulting Experience:
1. Center for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods, UK
2. Emeritus Professor Gavin Jones, Australian National University, Canberra and Murdoch University, Perth; in a project titled “Urbanization and Migration in Bangladesh” funded by UNFPA
3. DBAR-coast working group and DBAR-data working group, Digital Belt and Road, Belt and Road Initiative by China in several research projects.
4. Indonesian Society for Remote Sensing; in a research project “Application of Geospatial Science in Spatio Temporal Monitoring Modelling of Mangrove Ecosystem: A case study of Muara Angke Mangrove Forest in Indonesia”

ResearchGate Link:
1. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Riffat-Mahmood

Country Visit for Research Purpose:
1. Phillipines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, China, Nepal