Publications

Urban Transport Energy Demand Model for Riyadh: Methodology and a Preliminary Analysis

Taylor & Francis

Saudi Arabia intends to reduce GHG emissions by 278 million tons of CO2eq annually by 2030 through Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to UNFCCC. Among many policies, mass transit system and transit-oriented development are being developed with the expectation to reduce…

Abu Toasin Oakil, Ahm Mehbub Anwar, Alma Alhussaini, Nourah Al Hosain, Abdelrahman Muhsen, Anvita Arora

Evaluating Access to Riyadh’s Planned Public Transport System Using Geospatial Analysis

Nourah Al Hosain, Alma Alhussaini

The King Abdulaziz Project for Public Transport in Riyadh city is one of the world’s largest urban transit systems being developed. The project aims to meet the demands of the city’s growing urban population while reducing traffic congestion, heavy private…

Al Hosain, Nourah

Alma Alhussaini

A Carbon Management System of Innovation: Towards a Circular Carbon Economy

T20

This policy brief calls on the Group of Twenty (G20) governments to support a wide range of climate change mitigation approaches in hard-to-abate industries. It uses the Circular Carbon Economy framework, proposed by the Saudi G20 presidency, as an essential…

Noura Mansouri, Alma Alhussaini, Noura Al-Saud, Mashael Alshalan, Maroua Benlahrech, Masakazu Toyoda, Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Radia Sedaoui, Liubov Yaroshenko

The Impact of Restricted Mobility Due to COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia

Alma Alhussaini, Nourah Al Hosain

Seven months since the first COVID-19 case was identified in Wuhan, China, the contagious and vastly transmissive virus has continued to spread and grow into a global pandemic affecting more than 20 million people. When the World Health Organization (WHO)…

Alma Alhussaini

Al Hosain, Nourah