Research
Peer reviewed
Aloui, S., Zghibi, A., Mazzoni, A., Elomri, A. and Al-Ansari, T., 2024. Identifying suitable zones for integrated aquifer recharge and flood control in arid Qatar using GIS-based multi-criteria decision-making. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 25, p.101137.
Naeem, K., Aloui, S., Zghibi, A., Mazzoni, A., Triki, C. and Elomri, A., 2024. A system dynamics approach to management of water resources in Qatar. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 46, pp.733-753.
Aloui, S., Zghibi, A., Mazzoni, A., Elomri, A. and Al-Ansari, T., 2024. Identifying suitable zones for integrated aquifer recharge and flood control in arid Qatar using GIS-based multi-criteria decision-making. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 25, p.101137.
Aloui, S., Zghibi, A., Mazzoni, A., Elomri, A. and Triki, C., 2023. Groundwater resources in Qatar: A comprehensive review and informative recommendations for research, governance, and management in support of sustainability. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 50, p.101564.
Heggy, E., Normand, J.C., Palmer, E.M., Scabbia, G., Al-Maktoumi, A.K., Mazzoni, A., Blanton, L., Schaefer, S.J. and Avouac, J.P., 2023. Probing Shallow Aquifers in Hyper-Arid Dune Fields Using VHF Sounding Radar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
Naeem K.; Zghibi, Adel.; Elomri, A.; Mazzoni A.; Triki C., 2023. A Literature Review on System Dynamics Modeling for Sustainable Management of Water Supply and Demand. Sustainability 2023, 15, 6826. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086826
Aloui, S., Mazzoni, A., Elomri, A., Aouissi, J., Boufekane, A. and Zghibi, A., 2023. A review of Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) studies of Mediterranean catchments: Applications, feasibility, and future directions. Journal of Environmental Management, 326, p.116799.
Yousaf, A., Kayvanfar, V., Mazzoni, A. and Elomri, A., 2023, Artificial Intelligence based Decision Support Systems in Smart Agriculture: Bibliometric Analysis for operational insights, and future directions. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, p.634.
Scabbia, G., Sanfilippo, A., Mazzoni, A., Bachour, D., Perez-Astudillo, D., Bermudez, V., Wey, E., Marchand-Lasserre, M. and Saboret, L., 2022. Does climate help modeling COVID-19 risk and to what extent?. Plos one, 17(9), p.e0273078.
Abotalib, A.Z., Heggy, E., Scabbia, G. and Mazzoni, A., 2019. Groundwater dynamics in fossil fractured carbonate aquifers in Eastern Arabian Peninsula: A preliminary investigation. Journal of Hydrology, 571, pp. 460-470.
Mazzoni, A., Heggy, E. and Scabbia, G., 2018. Forecasting water budget deficits and groundwater depletion in the main fossil aquifer systems in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Global Environmental Change, 53, pp. 157-173.
Book chapters
Lawler, J., Mazzoni, A. and Shannak, S.D., 2022. The Domestic Water Sector in Qatar. In Sustainable Qatar: Social, Political and Environmental Perspectives (pp. 193-209). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
Mazzoni, A., Zaccagni, S. 2019. Status of water resources and human health in the Middle East and North Africa Region: An integrated perspective, Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, 2nd edition. Nriagu J.O. (ed.). Burlington, Elsevier Science Inc.
Conference Proceedings and Abstracts
Mazzoni, A., 2019. The economic and environmental effects of the blockade on Qatar’s trade flows: a gravity approach. Emerging Economies, (14), pp.6-7.
Mazzoni, A., Heggy, E. and Scabbia, G., 2018, November. Understanding the evolution of water deficit in the North African Region. In Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration pp. 849-851. Springer, Cham.
Work in Progress
Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Autarkic Food Provision Policies in Case of Shocks: the Qatar Blockade (with S. Dalmazzone, M. Bagliani, V. Frontuto, and M. Mazzarano)
Featured in a column of the Turin Centre on Emerging Economies (OEET), Università di Torino
Featured in Research Matters Newsletter by QNRF
Inland Solar Powered Desalination: A Sustainable Path across the Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus (with Y. Manawi, O. O. Ogunbiyi, A. Krama, V. Kochkodan, J. Lawler - submitted to Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews).
Assessing groundwater quality and suitability in Qatar: Implications for sustainable water management and environmental health. (with S. Aloui, A. Elomri, A. Zghibi).
Advancing Water Governance in the Gulf Region: Policy Analysis, Regional Benchmarking, and Stakeholders Engagement – A Qatar Case Study (with I. Abdel-Hadi, G. McKay, A. Elomri).
Technical Reports (by topic)
ESG: Development of a Sustainability Reporting Tool for Qatar Foundation Research, Development Innovation (QF RDI) initiatives.
Agro-food: QEERI project report: Energy and Water Sustainability in Qatar’s Agriculture.
Carbon Accounting: Water Footprint and Carbon Sequestration of Landscaping in Education City Campus (Parks and Plant Initiative), QEERI Support to COO Sustainability Initiatives.
Techno-economic analysis: QEERI project report: Pre-feasibility report for brine management and disposal within QEERI Farm
In the Media
Qatar, a regional example in food security, 2022 (Gulf Times)
Why Qatar's food security efforts are apying dividends, 10 January 2022, HBKU NEWS, Gulf Times, The Peninsula, Alarab (AR).
Water security today: Rethinking resource management in a changing climate, 30 August 2020, Gulf Times
Social Media Campaign #sciencediplomacy, 19 August 2020, Ambasciata d'Italia a Doha - Embassy of Italy in Doha