Details of the Researcher

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Derdouri Ahmed
Section
Graduate School of Environmental Studies
Job title
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor(Research)
Degree
  • PhD (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

  • Master's Degree (University of Tsukuba)

Researcher ID

Research History 3

  • 2024/11 - 2026/06
    National Institute for Environmental Studies Center for Climate Change Adaptation

  • 2022/11 - 2024/10
    University of Tsukuba Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • 2026/07 - Present
    Tohoku University Graduate School of Environmental Studies Department of Frontier Sciences for Advanced Environment Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Education 4

  • Tokyo Institute of Technology Architecture and Building Engineering PhD

    2019/09 - 2022/09

  • University of Tsukuba Certificate Programme on Nature Conservation

    2016/04 - 2018/03

  • University of Tsukuba Master of Science, Geographic Information Science and Cartography

    2016/04 - 2018/03

  • Hassania School of Public Works State Engineer's Degree, Geographic Information Science and Cartography

    2008/09 - 2011/06

Professional Memberships 4

  • American Association of Geographers (AAG)

    2023/10 - Present

  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    2022/01 - Present

  • Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC)

    2022/03 - Present

  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    2020/01 - 2020/12

Research Interests 6

  • Human Mobility

  • Social Data

  • Information Technology

  • Urban Geography

  • Land Change Science

  • GIScience & Remote Sensing

Research Areas 5

  • Humanities & social sciences / Tourism studies /

  • Humanities & social sciences / Human geography /

  • Humanities & social sciences / Geography /

  • Informatics / Software /

  • Environmental science/Agricultural science / Landscape science /

Awards 3

  1. JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship

    2022/11 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

  2. Yoshida Foundation Scholarship

    2019/09 Yoshida Scholarship Foundation Doctoral Studies [September 2019 - August 2022]

  3. Monbukagakusho Scholarship (Research students)

    2015/04 Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) Master's Studies [April 2015 - March 2018]

Papers 19

  1. A complex network analysis of urban human mobility in Tokyo Peer-reviewed

    Ahmed Derdouri, Toshihiro Osaragi

    Travel Behaviour and Society 40 101020 2025/03

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI: 10.1016/j.tbs.2025.101020  

    ISSN: 2214-367X

  2. Urban green space in transition: A cross-continental perspective from eight Global North and South cities Peer-reviewed

    Ahmed Derdouri, Yuji Murayama, Takehiro Morimoto, Ruci Wang, Niloofar Haji Mirza Aghasi

    Landscape and Urban Planning 2025/01

    DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105220  

  3. Coastal satellite urbanization in the global south: Dynamics, sustainability dilemmas, and pathways for Martil, Morocco Peer-reviewed

    Ahmed Derdouri, Narjiss Satour, Yuji Murayama, Takehiro Morimoto, Toshihiro Osaragi, Adil Salhi

    Cities 149 104981-104981 2024/06

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2024.104981  

    ISSN: 0264-2751

  4. Spatiotemporal Thermal Variations in Moroccan Cities: A Comparative Analysis Invited Peer-reviewed

    Ahmed Derdouri, Yuji Murayama, Takehiro Morimoto

    Sensors 23 (13) 2023/07/07

    DOI: 10.3390/s23136229  

  5. EpiDesktop-A Spatial Decision Support System for Simulating Epidemic Spread and Human Mobility Trends Under Different Scenarios Peer-reviewed

    Ahmed Derdouri

    Crowdsourcing: Cloud-based Software Development (9) 135-152 2022/12/13

    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-88063-7_9  

    ISSN: 2196-8705 2196-8713

    eISSN: 2196-8713

  6. A Machine Learning-based Approach for Classifying Tourists and Locals Using Geotagged Photos: The Case of Tokyo Peer-reviewed

    Ahmed Derdouri, Toshihiro Osaragi

    Information Technology and Tourism 23 (4) 575-609 2021/12

    DOI: 10.1007/s40558-021-00208-3  

    ISSN: 1098-3058

    eISSN: 1943-4294

  7. Understanding the links between LULC changes and SUHI in cities: Insights from two-decadal studies (2001–2020) Invited Peer-reviewed

    Ahmed Derdouri, Ruci Wang, Yuji Murayama, Toshihiro Osaragi

    Remote Sensing 13 (18) 2021/09

    DOI: 10.3390/rs13183654  

    eISSN: 2072-4292

  8. How Various Natural Disasters Impact Urban Human Mobility Patterns: A Comparative Analysis Based on Geotagged Photos Taken in Tokyo Peer-reviewed

    Ahmed Derdouri, Toshihiro Osaragi

    Urban Book Series (9) 151-171 2021/07

    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76059-5_9  

    ISSN: 2365-757X

    eISSN: 2365-7588

  9. A comparative study of land price estimation and mapping using regression kriging and machine learning algorithms across Fukushima prefecture, Japan Peer-reviewed

    Ahmed Derdouri, Yuji Murayama

    Journal of Geographical Sciences 30 (5) 794-822 2020/05/01

    DOI: 10.1007/s11442-020-1756-1  

    ISSN: 1009-637X

    eISSN: 1861-9568

  10. Explainable machine learning for urban park cooling effect: Identifying dual-perspective drivers from satellite-derived metrics across extreme and normal weather

    Jiahui Li, Hao Hou, Yuji Murayama, Ahmed Derdouri, Yaolong Zhao, Ruci Wang, Tangao Hu

    Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment 2026/08

    DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2026.102220  

  11. LLM-assisted screening and extraction for systematic reviews: workload reduction and refusal-driven missingness in a land-use evidence synthesis

    Ahmed Derdouri, Takahiro Oyama, Yuji Murayama, Yoshifumi Masago

    2026/05/04

    DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9582053/v1  

  12. LLM Workflow for Land-Use Prediction Evidence Synthesis: Efficient Screening, Selective Refusals, Reportable Gaps

    Ahmed Derdouri, Yoshifumi Masago

    2026/03/14

    DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-15955  

  13. Impact of urban morphology on land surface temperature: A case study of the central Tokyo, Japan

    Ruci Wang, Yuji Murayama, Fei Liu, Xinmin Zhang, Hao Hou, Takehiro Morimoto, Ahmed Derdouri

    City and Environment Interactions 2025/12

    DOI: 10.1016/j.cacint.2025.100227  

  14. The potential of agricultural and livestock wastes as a source of biogas in Vietnam: Energetic, economic and environmental evaluation Peer-reviewed

    Thanh Hung Nguyen, Quang-Van Doan, Ansar Khan, Ahmed Derdouri, Prashant Anand, Dev Niyogi

    Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 199 114440-114440 2024/07

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2024.114440  

    ISSN: 1364-0321

  15. Development of current and future high-resolution gridded emission inventory of anthropogenic air pollutants for urban air quality studies in Hanoi, Vietnam Peer-reviewed

    Thanh Hung Nguyen, Ngo Tho Hung, Tatsuya Nagashima, Yun Fat Lam, Quang-Van Doan, Junichi Kurokawa, Satoru Chatani, Ahmed Derdouri, Penwadee Cheewaphongphan, Ansar Khan, Dev Niyogi

    Urban Climate 46 101334-101334 2022/12

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101334  

    ISSN: 2212-0955

  16. Exploring the Differences Between Tourists and Locals in Urban Settings Through Multi-labeled Geotagged Photos: The Case of Tokyo Peer-reviewed

    Ahmed Derdouri

    INTERNATIONAL CARTOGRAPHIC CONFERENCE (ICC), VOL 4 4 1-8 2021/12/03

    DOI: 10.5194/ICA-PROC-4-26-2021  

    ISSN: 2570-2092

    eISSN: 2570-2092

  17. Spatiotemporal analysis of land use/cover patterns and their relationship with land surface temperature in Nanjing, China Peer-reviewed

    Ruci Wang, Hao Hou, Yuji Murayama, Ahmed Derdouri

    Remote Sensing 12 (3) 2020/02/01

    DOI: 10.3390/rs12030440  

    eISSN: 2072-4292

  18. Onshore Wind Farm Suitability Analysis Using GIS-based Analytic Hierarchy Process: A Case Study of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan Peer-reviewed

    Ahmed Derdouri

    Geoinformatics & Geostatistics: An Overview S3 (5) 2018/11/15

  19. Spatiotemporal simulation of future land use/cover change scenarios in the Tokyo metropolitan area Peer-reviewed

    Ruci Wang, Ahmed Derdouri, Yuji Murayama

    Sustainability (Switzerland) 10 (6) 2018/06/17

    DOI: 10.3390/su10062056  

    eISSN: 2071-1050

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Presentations 18

  1. LLM Workflow for Land-Use Prediction Evidence Synthesis: Efficient Screening, Selective Refusals, Reportable Gaps

    Ahmed Derdouri, Yoshifumi Masago

    European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2026/05/05

  2. Exploring Future Land Use and Cover in Morocco through System Dynamics and Spatial Analysis

    Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) Meeting 2025 2025/05/29

  3. Global North-South Divide in Urban Greening: Longitudinal Evidence and Implications

    35th International Geographical Congress (IGC) 2024, Dublin, Ireland 2024/08/28

  4. Three Decades of Urbanization: Impacts on Greenspaces and Population Access in Global Cities (1990-2020) Invited

    Derdouri, A., Murayama, Y., Morimoto, T.

    Japan Geoscience Union Meeting (JpGU) 2024, Tokyo, Japan 2024/05/29

  5. Predicting Greenspace Changes in Casablanca under Climate Change Scenarios: An IPCC-Informed Approach.

    Derdouri, A., Murayama, Y., Morimoto, T.

    American Association of Geographers (AAG) 2024, Honolulu, USA 2024/04/20

  6. Tracing 30-Year Greenspace Evolution and Human Exposure Inequalities in Global Cities

    Derdouri, A., Murayama, Y., Morimoto, T.

    American Geoscience Union (AGU) Meeting 2023, San Fransisco, USA 2023/12/14

  7. Comparative Analysis of Urban Greening Evolution and Implications in Global North and South Cities over a 30-Year Period

    Derdouri, A., Murayama, Y., Morimoto, T.

    The 32nd Annual Conference of the Geographic Information System Association (GISA) 2023, Tokyo, Japan 2023/10/28

  8. Assessing Drought Factors in Morocco through Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Techniques

    Ahmed Derdouri, Yuji Murayama, Takehiro Morimoto

    Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2023 2023/05/24

  9. Time Series-based Complex Networks for Investigating the Differences between Domestic and International Tourists using Social Geotagged Photos

    The 8th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management 2022/04/29

  10. Exploring the Differences Between Tourists and Locals in Urban Settings Through Multi-labeled Geotagged Photos: The Case of Tokyo

    Ahmed Derdouri

    The 30th International Cartographic Conference (ICC), Florence, Italy 2021/12/17

  11. EpiDesktop—A Spatial Decision Support System for Simulating Epidemic Spread and Human Mobility Trends under Different Scenarios

    Ahmed Derdouri

    Environmental Informatics (EnviroInfo) Conference 2021, Berlin, Germany 2021/09/28

  12. How Various Natural Disasters Impact Urban Human Mobility Patterns? A Comparative Analysis Based on Geotagged Photos Taken in Tokyo

    Ahmed Derdouri

    The 17th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM), Helsinki, Finland 2021/06/09

  13. A Comparative Analysis of the Impacts of Various Natural Disasters on Human Mobility based on Geotagged Photos Invited

    Ahmed Derdouri

    AGU-JpGU Joint Meeting 2020, Chiba, Japan 2020/07/16

  14. Onshore Wind Farms Suitability Analysis Using Spatial Analytic Hierarchy Process: A case study of Fukushima prefecture, Japan

    Ahmed Derdouri

    AGU-JpGU Joint Meeting 2017, Chiba, Japan 2017/05/20

  15. EPIDESKTOP: A GIS-based platform for simulating COVID-19 spread and human mobility trends in Tokyo, Japan

    Ahmed Derdouri

    International Virtual Conference 2020 on Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, Kanazawa, Japan 2021/02/06

  16. Comparative Analysis and Mapping of Human Mobility during Various Natural Disasters based on Geotagged Photos

    AGU Fall Meeting 2020, San Francisco, California, US 2020/12/10

  17. Onshore Wind Farm Suitability Analysis Using GIS-based Analytical Hierarchy Process: A Case Study of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

    Ahmed Derdouri

    Annual Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers, Spring 2018, Tokyo, Japan 2018/03/22

  18. Onshore Wind Farms Suitability Analysis Using Spatial Analytic Hierarchy Process: A case study of Fukushima prefecture, Japan

    Ahmed Derdouri

    CSIS DAYS 2017, Tokyo, Japan 2017/12/01

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Research Projects 1

  1. Urban Nature-based Solutions: Scenario-based Spatial Assessment of Benefits and Equity Toward SDG11

    Takehiro Morimoto, Ahmed Derdouri

    Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

    System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Category: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

    Institution: University of Tsukuba

    2023/03 - 2025/03

Works 2

  1. GIS Analyst & Software Developer - SIGMALOGITECH SARL., Casablanca, Morocco

    2013/12 - 2014/06

    Type: Other

  2. GIS Analyst for the General Directorate of Water at Almadinah Region, Saudi Arabia

    2011/10 - 2013/07

    Type: Other

Academic Activities 2

  1. Guest Editing "Remote Sensing of Climate Change Influences on Urban Ecology"

    2024/12/18 - Present

    Activity type: Scientific advice/Review

  2. Guest Editing "Future Prediction and Scenario Analysis of Urbanization Using Remote Sensing and GIS"

    2022/11/17 - 2024/07/15

    Activity type: Scientific advice/Review