environmental information sciences, geo-intelligence (advanced
geo-information science and earth observation, machine and deep learning,
and big data analytics), remote sensing, land evaluation, pedology, land use
management/planning, monitoring and evaluating sustainable land management, change detection of landscape degradation, and geographic
information system models.
Dr. Mukhtar M. Elaalem is an associate professor of soil pedology and
head of the Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture,
University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya. He got a Ph.D. degree in Geographic
Information System at Leicester University, UK in 2011. His Ph.D. thesis is
on “The Application of Land Evaluation Techniques in Jafara Plain in Libya
using Fuzzy Methods”, and his research interest is soil pedology, geographical information science, natural resources applications of GIS (especially land evaluation and soils studies), modeling spatial uncertainty,
especially employing fuzzy logic methods to land evaluation and soils
studies. He teaches various courses, including introduction to soil science,
soil survey; genesis and classification, and Libyan soils. He attended many
local, regional, and international meetings, workshops, training programs,
conferences on land resources, and applications of GIS and remote sensing.
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geo-information science and earth observation, machine and deep learning,
and big data analytics), remote sensing, land evaluation, pedology, land use
management/planning, monitoring and evaluating sustainable land management, change detection of landscape degradation, and geographic
information system models.
Dr. Mukhtar M. Elaalem is an associate professor of soil pedology and
head of the Department of Soil and Water Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture,
University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya. He got a Ph.D. degree in Geographic
Information System at Leicester University, UK in 2011. His Ph.D. thesis is
on “The Application of Land Evaluation Techniques in Jafara Plain in Libya
using Fuzzy Methods”, and his research interest is soil pedology, geographical information science, natural resources applications of GIS (especially land evaluation and soils studies), modeling spatial uncertainty,
especially employing fuzzy logic methods to land evaluation and soils
studies. He teaches various courses, including introduction to soil science,
soil survey; genesis and classification, and Libyan soils. He attended many
local, regional, and international meetings, workshops, training programs,
conferences on land resources, and applications of GIS and remote sensing.
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