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Kh Md Nahiduzzaman

Lecturer, City and Regional Planning Department
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals,
KFUPM Box 1668, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
Member, WRSA, USA
Member, European Network for Housing Research
Doctoral Candidate, KTH, Sweden

Phone:  +966 3 860 7724 (Office)

Fax:       +966 3 860 3857

E-mail: nahid@kfupm.edu.sa,
kmna@infra.kth.se
 

 



 
EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), Candidate - Field of Urban Planning (Affordable housing and urban governance): Department of Urban Planning and Environment, School of Architecture and the Built Environment, The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden http://www.infra.kth.se/sb/sp/0php/Staff/Nahid.htm

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil), June 2006, Field of Urban Planning at Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU), Norway

Bachelor of Urban and Rural Planning (BURP), December 2001, Field of Urban and Rural Planning at Khulna University, Bangladesh

FIELD OF INTEREST

Affordable Housing
Housing in the third world and Climate Change
Urban Governance and Sustainable
Development Urban and Regional planning
Remote Sensing in Decision Making

TEACHING

Graduate Course

CRP 506 Urban Planning Methods

Undergraduate Courses

ARC 202 Design Studio II: Space and Order

ARC 373 Commercial Interiors

Ongoing Funded Research Project

Socio-Cultural Analysis of Third Places  through GIS: A case study of Al-Khobar

Funded by: Deanship of Scientific Research, KFUPM

Duration: 3 Years

PUBLICATION

Book Publication (Hard copy/Online)

1. Nahiduzzaman, K.M. & Billah, M. (2003), Prospect and efficiency of 3D visualization of urban settings: exploration into the nature and extent of applications in planning affairs Presented at the international workshop titled ‘Challenges in Geospatial Analysis, Integration and Visualization II’ Commission IV Joint Workshop organized by International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) in September 8-9, 2003 Stuttgart, Germany.

2. Nahiduzzaman, K.M. & Haas, Tigran (eds) (2007), The Regional City- Sustainable Regions and Communities of Place, Department of Urban Planning and the Environment, KTH, Stockholm

http://libris.kb.se/bib/10897991

3. Nahiduzzaman, K.M., Baudouin, A. & Hasan, M.U. (2006), The myth and reality of housing the urban poor through public participation in Dhaka, Acta Geographica- Trondheim, Series B, No. 8, Department of Geography, NTNU, Norway Presented at 45th annual meeting and conference arranged by the Western Regional Science Association (WRSA) on February 22-25, 06, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA URL http://www.u.arizona.edu/~plane/wrsa.html#SantaFe & http://www.svt.ntnu.no/geo/Doklager/Acta/Serie_B_8_Nahiduzzaman.pdf

4. Nahiduzzaman, K.M., Alam, Shahria (2004), Earthquake, a menace to the third world cities: concentrations on some challenging issues Published in the refereed proceedings (CD & Book) of international conference on Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering (ACEE 2004- Manila, Philippines), 5-6 March, 2004, organized by Association of Structural Engineer of Philippines (ASEP).

http://eqtap.edm.bosai.go.jp/publications/ACEE/ACEE.htm

5. Nahiduzzaman, K.M., Ahmed, S. J. & Rahaman, K.R. (2002), Public environmental awareness regarding the use of polythene bags: before and after effects of the ban over their use and production, Bangladesh Environment 2002, Vol.2

http://www.buet.ac.bd/itn/pages/publications/bapa2002.pdf

6. Nahiduzzaman, K.M., Murtaza, M.G. (2003), Water supply and sanitation facilities of Khulna city: Some concerning issues. Published in the refereed proceedings of Center for Urban Studies (CUS) on the eve of world habitat day 2003.

7. Nahiduzzaman, K.M., Murtaza, M.G & Ahmed, S.J. (2003), Socio-economic conditions of the people depending on the resources of the Sundarbans: A case study of the impact zone Published in the refereed proceedings of national seminar of Sundarbans titled The Sundarbans, the Largest Mangrove Forest on Earth: A World Heritage Site URL https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no35721.htm

8. Nahiduzzaman, K.M., Murtaza, M.G. (2003), Socio-economic impacts of oil and gas exploration in block-5 of Bangladesh Published in refereed proceedings of national conference on the ‘Potential Impacts of Oil and Gas Exploration in Block-5 on the Sundarbans Ecosystem’, December 30, 2003, organized by Centre for Integrated Studies on the Sundarbans, Khulna University and SHELL.

9. Nahiduzzaman, K.M. & et al. (2005), The diversity of leisure time spending among the Atlanten high school students in Kristiansund, Norway, Acta Geographica- Trondheim, Series DMDP, No. 19, Department of Geography, NTNU, Norway

In Refereed Journals

1. Nahiduzzaman, K.M & Haas, Tigran (2008), Micro Climatic House Design: A Way to Adapt to Climate Change? The Case of Ghar Kumarpur Village in Bangladesh, Journal of Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management (TERUM), Year 3, Number 9, ISSN: 1842-5712

http://um.ase.ro/no9/5.pdf

2. Nahiduzzaman, K.M., Saroar M. M. & Ahmed, S. J. (2004), Assessing the urban environmental quality of Khulna City: A multi-level quantitative approach, Plan Plus- A Journal of Planning, Development and Environment, Vol. 1, No. 2

3. Nahiduzzaman, K.M., Murtaza, M.G. (2003), Livelihood pattern of the Sundarbans’ resource extractors and their opinions on involving with alternative jobs, Journal of Institute of Bangladesh Studies (IBS)

Forthcoming

Land Development Techniques to Ensure Basic Urban Services in the Fringe? A Case of Khulna, Bangladesh. Presented at 48th WRSA annual meeting, 22-25 February, 2009 in California, US.