World Congress on

Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering

  • Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel
  • March 10-11, 2025
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Dr. Jehan M. Sheikh Suleimany

 

Dr. Jehan M. Sheikh Suleimany

Salahaddin University-Erbil
Iraq

Abstract Title: The Drought Hazard and Drought Risk Indices: A Case Study in the Mandawa Basin, Kurdistan Region of

Biography:

Jehan M. Sheikh Suleimany, holds a PH.D. In water resources engineering, is an experienced water resource engineer with expertise spanning more than 30 years in the design, construction, and maintenance of water resources systems, including dams and reservoirs. She is highly experienced in water resource engineering, with a focus on developing water resource management plans, evaluating potential water sources, and preventing floods. She is adept in hydrology, GIS, and remote sensing. She has an interest in analyzing the environmental impacts of water use and development, conducting research on water resource issues, and providing consultation services to stakeholders. As an academic staff member in the water resources engineering department at the College of Engineering at Salahaddin University, she teaches different undergraduate and postgraduate modules and supervising a lot of master's and doctoral student’s theses.

Research Interest:

Drought is a global environmental disaster with wide-ranging impacts. This work attempted to evaluate the risk of hydrological drought in the Mandawa basin of Iraq's Kurdistan Region by using the Drought Hazard Index (DHI) and the Drought Risk Index (DRI). Different trends were found in the drought hazard study utilizing the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI). The SPI-based DHI map classified the drought hazard categories in the watershed region as mild, moderate, severe, and extreme, which accounted for 16.9 %, 39.0%, 25.5%, and 18.5% of the total area. On the other hand, 33.6%, 20.5%, 37.4%, and 8.5% of these categories were covered by the SPEI-based DHI map. With SPI-DRI at 70% and SPEI-DRI at 50%, the Drought Risk Index (DRI) maps classified the study area as low and very low prone to drought areas. Compared to SPI-DRI, a larger percentage, 23.2%, was classified as having a high risk of drought by SPEI-DRI. Additionally, SPEI-DRI demonstrated greater sensitivity in detecting the very high drought risk category, encompassing 14% of the study area.

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