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Ashraf Dewan is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and specializes primarily in Environmental Science, with extensive work in related subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's research encompasses key topics including Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Hydrology and Drought Analysis, Climate Variability and Models, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture, and Climate Change and Health Impacts.

Recent papers authored by Ashraf Dewan reflect a focus on urban environmental challenges and landscape changes. Notable publications include:

  • Surface urban heat island intensity in five major cities of Bangladesh: Patterns, drivers and trends, 2021, Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Low impact development techniques to mitigate the impacts of climate-change-induced urban floods: Current trends, issues and challenges, 2020, Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Spatio-temporal changes in habitat quality and linkage with landscape characteristics in the Beressa watershed, Blue Nile basin of Ethiopian highlands, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • The effects of changing land use and flood hazard on poverty in coastal Bangladesh, 2020, Land Use Policy
  • Impact of landscape pattern changes on hydrological ecosystem services in the Beressa watershed of the Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ashraf Dewan include Mohammed Sarfaraz Gani Adnan, Quazi K. Hassan, Shamsuddin Shahid, Md Asaduzzaman, and Tarmizi Ismail.

Publication venues with recurrent works by Ashraf Dewan include Remote Sensing, SSRN Electronic Journal, Sustainable Cities and Society, Atmospheric Research, and Earth Systems and Environment. Each of these journals has featured multiple papers by the scientist, reflecting consistent engagement with several high-profile environmental research platforms.

Best Publications

  • Land use and land cover change in Greater Dhaka, Bangladesh: Using remote sensing to promote sustainable urbanization

    Ashraf M. Dewan;Yasushi Yamaguchi

  • Using remote sensing and GIS to detect and monitor land use and land cover change in Dhaka Metropolitan of Bangladesh during 1960-2005

    Ashraf M. Dewan;Ashraf M. Dewan;Yasushi Yamaguchi

  • Low impact development techniques to mitigate the impacts of climate-change-induced urban floods: Current trends, issues and challenges

    Sahar Hadi Pour;Ahmad Khairi Abd Wahab;Shamsuddin Shahid;Shamsuddin Shahid;Asaduzzaman

  • Urbanization and green space dynamics in Greater Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Talukder Byomkesh;Nobukazu Nakagoshi;Ashraf M. Dewan;Ashraf M. Dewan

  • Dynamics of land use/cover changes and the analysis of landscape fragmentation in Dhaka Metropolitan, Bangladesh

    Ashraf M. Dewan;Ashraf M. Dewan;Yasushi Yamaguchi;Ziaur Rahman

  • Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Land Use/Land Cover Change in the Heterogeneous Coastal Region of Bangladesh between 1990 and 2017

    Abu Yousuf Md Abdullah;Arif Masrur;Mohammed Sarfaraz Gani Adnan;Md. Abdullah Al Baky

  • Typhoid Fever and Its Association with Environmental Factors in the Dhaka Metropolitan Area of Bangladesh: A Spatial and Time-Series Approach

    Ashraf M. Dewan;Robert Corner;Masahiro Hashizume;Emmanuel T. Ongee

  • Flood Susceptibility Assessment in Bangladesh Using Machine Learning and Multi-criteria Decision Analysis

    Mahfuzur Rahman;Mahfuzur Rahman;Chen Ningsheng;Monirul Islam;Ashraf Dewan

  • Coastal multi-hazard vulnerability assessment along the Ganges deltaic coast of Bangladesh–A geospatial approach

    Ashraful Islam;Debashis Mitra;Ashraf Dewan;Syed Humayun Akhter

  • Evaluating Flood Hazard for Land-Use Planning in Greater Dhaka of Bangladesh Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques

    Ashraf M. Dewan;M. Monirul Islam;T. Kumamoto;M. Nishigaki

  • Assessing channel changes of the Ganges-Padma River system in Bangladesh using Landsat and hydrological data

    Ashraf Dewan;Robert Corner;Ashty Saleem;Masudur Rahman

  • Spatio-temporal changes in habitat quality and linkage with landscape characteristics in the Beressa watershed, Blue Nile basin of Ethiopian highlands.

    Hamere Yohannes;Teshome Soromessa;Mekuria Argaw;Ashraf Dewan

  • Surface urban heat island intensity in five major cities of Bangladesh: Patterns, drivers and trends

    Ashraf Dewan;Grigory Kiselev;Dirk Botje;Golam Iftekhar Mahmud

  • Impact of landscape pattern changes on hydrological ecosystem services in the Beressa watershed of the Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia.

    Hamere Yohannes;Hamere Yohannes;Teshome Soromessa;Mekuria Argaw;Ashraf Dewan

  • The effects of changing land use and flood hazard on poverty in coastal Bangladesh

    Mohammed Sarfaraz Gani Adnan;Mohammed Sarfaraz Gani Adnan;Abu Yousuf Md Abdullah;Ashraf Dewan;Jim W. Hall

  • Floods in a Megacity: Geospatial Techniques in Assessing Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability

    Ashraf M. Dewan

  • Landslide Susceptibility Mapping with Deep Learning Algorithms

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  • Flooding and its relationship with land cover change, population growth, and road density

    Mahfuzur Rahman;Mahfuzur Rahman;Chen Ningsheng;Golam Iftekhar Mahmud;Monirul Islam

  • Urbanisation and environmental degradation in Dhaka Metropolitan Area of Bangladesh

    Ashraf M. Dewan;Md. Humayun Kabir;Kamrun Nahar;Md. Ziaur Rahman

  • Inconsistency in historical simulations and future projections of temperature and rainfall: A comparison of CMIP5 and CMIP6 models over Southeast Asia

    Mohammed Magdy Hamed;Mohammed Magdy Hamed;Mohamed Salem Nashwan;Shamsuddin Shahid;Tarmizi bin Ismail

  • Remote Sensing-Based Quantification of the Relationships between Land Use Land Cover Changes and Surface Temperature over the Lower Himalayan Region

    Siddique Ullah;Adnan Ahmad Tahir;Tahir Ali Akbar;Quazi K. Hassan

Frequent Co-Authors

Shamsuddin Shahid
Shamsuddin Shahid University of Technology Malaysia
Masahiro Hashizume
Masahiro Hashizume University of Tokyo
Tarmizi Ismail
Tarmizi Ismail University of Technology Malaysia
Hamid Reza Pourghasemi
Hamid Reza Pourghasemi Shiraz University
Kamal Ahmed
Kamal Ahmed Lasbela University of Agriculture Water and Marine Science
Yasushi Yamaguchi
Yasushi Yamaguchi Nagoya University
Rezaul Mahmood
Rezaul Mahmood University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Michael Kuhn
Michael Kuhn Curtin University
Ho Kim
Ho Kim Seoul National University
Kazi Matin Ahmed
Kazi Matin Ahmed University of Dhaka

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