International Conference on Social and Human Sciences

Istanbul, Turkey | November 26–28, 2025

Dear Researchers, Academics, and Professionals,

The Scientific and Organizing Committees of GeoSP-Mag are pleased to invite you to participate in the Annual International Conference on Social and Human Sciences, to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from November 26 to 28, 2025, under the theme:

“Contemporary Challenges and Future Opportunities”

The conference provides a dynamic interdisciplinary platform to address the major transformations impacting our societies today—ranging from digital transitions, migration flows, identity shifts, sustainability issues, to philosophical and cultural debates.

 Main Themes:

1.      Digital Transformations and Society

2.      Citizenship, Identity, and Migration

3.      Contemporary Philosophy and the Human Condition

4.      Sustainable Development and Social Policies

5.      Education, Knowledge, and Learning

6.      Violence, Conflict, and Peacebuilding

7.      Language, Culture, and Communication

8.      Civil Society and Cultural Resistance

9.      Social Innovation and Community Entrepreneurship

10.  History, Memory, and Symbolic Politics

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Publication of accepted papers in the official Conference Proceedings Book (ISBN) or special issues of GeoSP-Mag (indexed)

Official international certificates for participation and presentation

Multilingual sessions (Arabic – French – English)

Access to keynote sessions, scientific panels, and workshops

Networking with international researchers and institutions

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Abstract submission deadline: October 20, 2025

Full paper submission deadline: November 26, 2025

Conference dates: November 26–28, 2025

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]]> https://www.geosp.net/?feed=rss2&p=7276 0 https://www.geosp.net/?p=7194 https://www.geosp.net/?p=7194#comments Wed, 14 Aug 2024 10:04:25 +0000 Lamouchi Helmi https://www.geosp.net/?p=7194 Selecting Suitable Sites for Wind Energy harvesting in Iraq using GIS Techniques 

WEDYAN G. NASSIF^1,2, DALILA ELHMAIDI¹ , YASEEN  K. Al-TIMIMI² 

¹ Thermal Radiation Research Unit ,Faculty of Sciences of Tunis ,University  of Tunis El Manar, 2092 , Tunis. Tunisia

²Department of Atmospheric Science, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq

*Corresponding author’s email :wedyan.atmsc@uomustansiriyah.edu.iq

                                   dalila.elhmaidi@fst.utm.tn

yaseen.altimimi.atmsc @uomustansiriyah.edu.iq

Abstract

Wind energy is energy extracted from the kinetic energy of the wind by using wind turbines to produce electric energy. Wind energy is one of the most important types of renewable energy that has been widely used as an alternative to fossil fuels. It is abundant and renewable energy, but its availability varies from one location to another. The study aims to identify the best sites for wind energy in Iraq in order to produce the needed future energy from renewable sources. Multi-criteria analysis was used to determine the most suitable sites for harvesting wind energy using Geographic Information System (GIS). The most important data collected was climatic data and which includes a RASTER file of annual wind speed, temperatures, precipitation. soil moisture and NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), covering the study area over the past forty years., In addition, the shape file was used for each (distance from power lines, roads, Cities, slopes, and land use), where an appropriate model based on geographic information systems was produced when a set of raster data sets were classified and overlayed by the weighted overlay tool in Spatial Analysis Tools in ArcGIS 10.7.1. The results indicated that the best suitable sites for harvesting wind energy are located in the southeastern regions of Iraq. It is characterized by wind activity with a speed of more than 6.2 m / s. On the other hand, these areas are close to power transmission lines, roads, and slopes are moderate. Therefore, these areas were considered suitable for wind farms. Moreover, areas with a high suitability index cover 1% of the total area, which is an important indicator of wind energy harvesting potential in Iraq. The area with a moderate suitability index covers 71%, and the low suitability index was 15%, while 13% of unsuitable have been identified.

Key words: Wind Energy (WE),  Multi-criteria, GIS, Iraq.

Muna R. Harbi^1,,Loay E. George²

^1.Department of Physics, General Directorate of Thi-Qar Education, Ministry of Education, Thi-Qar, Iraq.

²Assistant of University President for Scientific Affairs / University of Information Technology and Communication., Baghdad, Iraq.

Abstract

Artificial intelligence is a realistic choice for developing accurate outcome predictors, notably in health research. It is often referred to as a component of artificial intelligence, such as machine learning.  AI requires specialized hardware and software to write and train machine learning algorithms. The methodology has regularly provided considerable insight into service models by processing an enormous amount of semi-structured, multi-domain medical data that is already available. Characterizing the results for allocating risk is where AI in healthcare can be used to improve determined disease models and provide opportunities for personalization and treatment discovery in Primary health centers and services distribution on population in all towns. This study aims to conduct an analysis for pattern identification and classification of medical services using Machine learning methodology for the Thi-Qar governorate, mainly distinguished by its great size (about 13738.67 km²), divided into 15 administrative units according to Iraq’s formal administrative division. The utilized Databases were collected during the period from 2019 to June 2021. As a result, the maps produced represent medical services relative to population density and record the results. Thus, the services are categorized by machine learning algorithms and Programming in the R language. After attaining the results of the study area, the study concludes that the Governorate’s medical services are divided into five categories: weak (26 percent) and strong (13 percent), and below the average category of health care, on the other hand, accounts for 33% of the total (5 administrative units). The Governorate’s health services are included in the average and above-average categories (13 percent).

Keywords:Spatial Analysis, Machine Learning, Service Classification, GIS, plot matrix.

In the southwestern region
(Jizan and Asir)

Corresponding Author

Mosaed Saeed Ali Alhader

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology

General Directorate of Research Grants

Professor / Assistant present

Key words: Seed germination, Tamarindus indica  L

Running Title: Seedlings performance of Tamarindus indica  L.

introduction

The Indian dates trees L. Tamarindus Indica are normal in the southwest of the Kingdom of these species threatened with extinction, as there is a gradual decrease in their numbers and are scattered in small groups or in the form of isolated plants. It should be preserved in its natural spread places to maintain biological diversity in those areas.

Introduction

Tamarindusindica L., a tree belongs to the family Fabaceae, sub-family Caesalpiniaceae (Lewis et al., 2005). It belongs to a monotypic genus, containing one species, T. indica(El-Siddiget al., 2006). The tree is15-20 m high, with hemispheric crown and rugose grayish trunk (Avilánet al., 1992). The tree is native to tropical Africa (Morton, 1987, Grolier et al., 1998) and it is widely cultivated at present in tropical and subtropical regions due to the nutritional value of its fruits for humans and its foliage for animals, as well as for the beauty of its parts, that grant it the category of ornamental and shade tree (De Oliveira, 2006).The wood is hard and useful as fuel and for cabinetwork (Dalla, 1993). The principal product of T. indica is the pulp which is used as an ingredient in cooking and juices contains sugars, organic acids and vitamins (NAS, 1979). The drink made from tamarind is particularly popular among Muslims during the period of fasting (Onuora and Usman, 2004), probably due to its laxative properties. Seeds, leaves, and flowers are also used in human nutrition, and various products of the species have pharmaceutical properties (De Caluweet al. 2010). However, T.indicaseeds do not germinate when placed under conditions which are normally regarded as favorable for germination and it may need some special treatments that induce germination. Seed dormancy is regarded as the failure of an intact viable seed to complete germination under favorable conditions and it has been the subject of numerous studies. Germination incorporates those events that commence with the uptake of water by the quiescent dry seed and terminate with the elongation of the embryonic axis (Bewley and Black 1994). The visible sign that germination is complete is usually the penetration of the structure surrounding the embryo by the radicle, the result is often called visible germination.

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In a significant milestone for Arab scientific publishing, the international peer-reviewed journal “Geo-spMag,” published by the Tunisian Association for Digital Geographic Information (ATIGED), has achieved an impressive impact factor of 1.943 within the International Scientific Indexing (ISI) databases.

Geo-spMag stands as one of the pioneering Arab journals dedicated to applied geography sciences and geomatics. It provides an essential platform for researchers and academics to publish their work in these rapidly growing fields.

Founded with the mission to enhance scientific exchange and elevate research standards in applied geography and geomatics technologies, the journal has gained widespread recognition for the quality of its published articles and the rigorous standards it maintains in scientific publishing.

The Tunisian Association for Digital Geographic Information, which oversees the journal, is committed to fostering innovation and development in the fields of digital geography and promoting scientific research among scholars in the Arab world and globally.

This achievement strengthens the journal’s position as a key player in the field of applied geography sciences and contributes to elevating the status of Arab scientific research on both local and international stages.

Abstract

Through the use of satellite data taken by the Landsat satellites a color phenomenon was detected east of Khor Al-Zubair, southern Iraq, and a detailed study was carried out on this area and an oblate shape morphostructure phenomenon was detected towards (northeast-southwest) with a length of about 30 km and a width of about 15 km. It was distinguished by a color reflection that differs from its surroundings.

What confirms the existence of this phenomenon is the identification of the previous trace of the Shatt al-Arab, which indicates a recent tectonic activity, represented by Uplifting of the study area. knowing that the topographical height of this phenomenon in its highest part is 23 meters from the mean sea level.

As the area surrounding this phenomenon contains important oil and gas fields, it is possible that this phenomenon is a structure oranticline fold with promising hydrocarbon potentials, similar to the fields and structures surrounding it.

E-mail: shathamaster@yahoo.com

  ²Ministry of science and Technology, Remote sensing center, Iraq

E-mail: adelafrah@yahoo.com

3Ministry of science and Technology,  Remote sensing center, Iraq

E-mail: eng.ncham@yahoo.com

Abstract.

Differentiating agricultural crops using remote sensing techniques is essential in the economic planning for  countries and strategic alternative to field measurements. The methodology for this work is selection of satellite data (Sentinal-2A) with spatial resolution (10m) for months  of the agricultural season to wheat and barley crop (September 2017 to July 2018) in the middle of Iraq between (33⁰ 0^‘33.92^” N – 33⁰ 0^‘ 45^” N) latitude and (44⁰26^‘7.43^“E – 44⁰26^‘55.98^“E) longitude which is famous for planting different types of agricultural crops. After doing spatial subset of interested bands, The Normal differences vegetation index (NDVI) were calculated for all images then NDVI stacking technique were done, the spectral angle mapper classification were applied with different spectral angles after determinate signatures of wheat and barley extracted from NDVI stack layer with determine NDVI values for march month more than 0.45. The results showed that cultivated areas of wheat and barley represents (31.5%) of the study area. Overall accuracy assessment were calculated for SAM classification with ground truth which gave highly accuracy assessment when choosing spectral angle (0.2).

Keywords: wheat , barley , SAM, NDVI , stacking.

Abstract

The objective of this study is to study the type of Covid-19 pandemic, its effects on the Tunisian economy, and how governance conditions this effect. From classic and Keynesian perspective, we have shown that Covid-19 is a demand shock. It becomes, from time to time, supply shock. The graphical analyses of our study justify the negative impact of the Covid-19 on the Tunisian tourism sector. The control of the trade deficit has been observed. The evolution of Tunisian GDP has deteriorated. State intervention will be the recommendation of our study.

Key Word: Covid-19, Tourism, Trade Balance Export, Import

JEL Classification: H75, Z30, E30

Suliman Emdini Gliwan*1 Kevin Crowe *2

*1Ph.D.Candidate, Faculty of Natural Resource Management, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Rd, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada (P7B5E1).
*2Associate Professor, Faculty of Natural Resource Management, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Rd, ThunderBay,ON,Canada(P7B5E1).

Abstract Gold mines deliver gold ore and waste rock to processing facilities, after which the ore is separated from the rock through an 11-stage process. The stages of ore processing require large quantities of fresh-water, which is drawn from nearby lakes or rivers. Given the greater importance placed on environmental sustainability, gold producers have become increasingly interested in reducing the amount of fresh-water required to process their ore. One strategy by which this can be achieved is by replacing fresh-water with recycled water, wherever feasible, within the 11 stages of processing.
The objective of this research is to develop and apply amethod by which a gold processor can reduce its use of fresh-water by identifying, within the processing stages of gold ore, where, and by how much, recycled water can replace fresh-water. To achieve this objective, a linear programming model of the optimal water allocation problem was used to minimize the use of fresh-water in ore processing,subject to maintaining the feasibility of the processing stages. This research is innovative insofar as an optimization model aimed at minimizing freshwater usage has not been applied to the gold processing problem by prior researchers.

The model was applied to a gold processing facility owned by Goldcorp Ltd., in Red Lake, Ontario, Canada. The 11 stages, in which gold ore is processed at this facility, had already been using recycled water; but the allocation of fresh versus recycled water, using an optimization model, had not been done before. The results of this research show that the optimal feasible solution generated by the linear programming model required 51 metric tonnes/hr of fresh-water, versus the current use of 68.6 metric tonnes/hr — a reduction o.7%.
Keywords: water allocation model, gold ore processing, linear programming.

Mohammed Al Busaidi, Amer Al-Hinai*, Rashid Al-Abri, Mohammed Al-Badi

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman

Abstract—Distributed energy generation systems deployment is rapidly increasing globally, offering many major advantages and benefits. The integration of distributed generation at distribution system and close to the load reduce the network losses, improve the reliability when the grid is not available, and economically sounds if the distributed generation cheaper than the grid. The use of Renewable Energy sources like the photovoltaic (PV) panels and the wind turbines leads to reduction in fuel consumption which in turn leads to less toxic emissions to the environment. However, the energy production from wind turbines and PV panels is not reliable by itself as wind speed is irregular and not all wind speed can be harvested. Similarly, the solar irradiation is unpredictable in nature and PV system output is variable during the day and not available at night. That means when depending only on energy from wind turbine alone or PV system alone, the power may not be available when needed or at least not matching the demand. Here comes the need to aggregate the wind turbine with PV system and integrate the energy storage system (ESS) to overcome the intermittent behavior of Wind-PV and balance power generation. The hybrid wind-PV-ESS would improve the system reliability, reduce the intermittency of supply, and enhance the system security. The ESS can store extra produced energy and use it to compensate the reduction in power generation and balance out the fluctuations of the wind-PV power in short and long time periods. Additionally, the energy storage devices have a faster response to handle load variations. This paper, will focus on developing a control system for the hybrid Distributed Generation resources (DGs) utilizing the wind turbine with PV panels and integrated energy storage systems (ESS). Integrating the wind turbine and the PV energy generation with energy storage would balance the variations of the wind power and the load ones. The suggested model automatically controls the power flow of hybrid system according to the availability of power and changes in load as well. The contribution of battery storage is to substitute sudden/average fluctuations in power changes that results in the DC link, improve energy efficiency, and limit current stress on battery. The hybrid system has been modeled and simulated in MATLAB Simpower toolbox and the results show a satisfactory response.