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Urban Design and Livability: The Regeneration of the Corniche in Doha
( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2016 , Article)The 1940s discovery of oil in Qatar caused a change from fishing and pearling based to a multifaceted economy. Through past few decades Qatar has experienced a rapid growth, which has radically influenced the country’s ... -
The urban fabric of Al Zubarah city: Unveiling an urban regeneration vision for modern urbanism in Qatar
( Henry Stewart Publications , 2018 , Article)The urban fabric of Islamic cities has been shaped by the rules of Sharia, sociocultural and economic factors. After being founded in the 1760s by a Kuwaiti tribe known as Utub, Al Zubarah became a flourishing pearl fishing ... -
Urban Form and Sense of Community: Exploring Catalysts for Community Sustainability within Al-Wakrah Neighborhood in Qatar
( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2017 , Article)Urban planners seek to create a sense of community by effectively interfacing urban form and community development. In Qatar, community change has become a matter of public concern amid intense development activities. ... -
Urban morphology and microclimate response - Overview and case study
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)The aim of this study is to investigate the urban morphological factors that influence urban microclimate and outdoor thermal comfort in hot semi-arid climate. It explores the main features that influence the urban climate ... -
Urban Planning in Qatar: Strategies and Vision for the Development of Transit Villages in Doha
( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2016 , Article)Doha, the capital city of the State of Qatar, has went through a fast growth in its economy and transformation of its built environment. Currently, major urban public transit systems are under construction. This paper ... -
Urban regeneration and the search for identity in historic cities
( MDPI AG , 2017 , Article)In the face of rapid economic development, population growth, people increasing needs and changing lifestyles, most historic centers in the Gulf have experienced problems in making the necessary adjustment and adaptation ... -
Urban Regeneration in Qatar: A Comprehensive Planning Strategy for the Transport Oriented Development (TOD) of Al-Waab
( Henry Stewart Publications , 2017 , Article)Since the 1970s the State of Qatar has witnessed a radical transformation from fishing and pearling to an oil based economy. The nation is also developing a multifaceted economy. This vision has encouraged Qatar to ... -
The Urban Regeneration of al Nasser street in Doha (Qatar): Enhancing the Spatial Form and User’ Social Interactions
( Gotam Singh , 2017 , Article)Al Nasser Street is one of the most commercially populated streets in Al Mirqab District, in Doha, Qatar. Over the past few years, many commercial developments have overtaken urban spaces, leaving no place for green areas ... -
Urban Regeneration of GCC Cities: Preserving the Urban Fabric’s Cultural Heritage and Social Complexity
( MedCrave Group , 2017 , Article)Urban Planning is the activity aiming at organizing the urban space, ordering the land use and the built environment where human activities take place. In the past decades cities located in the GCC have experienced a ... -
The Urban Regeneration of West Bay, Business District of Doha (State of Qatar)
( MedCrave , 2018 , Article)The State of Qatar is facing the construction of an advanced public railway transport system. However, researchers argue that the integration of transit stations in existing urban villages can led to a decline in quality ... -
The Urban Regeneration of West-Bay, Business District of Doha (State of Qatar): A Transit Oriented Development Enhancing Livability
( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)Doha, the capital of the State of Qatar, has faced enormous economic growth and rapid urban transformation over the last few decades. More recently, this has been accentuated by the construction of major urban public ... -
An urban regeneration planning scheme for the Souq Waqif heritage site of Doha
( MDPI , 2020 , Article)Over the past decade, transit-oriented development (TOD) has been advocated as an applicable urban regeneration planning model to promote the sustainability of cities along with city dwellers’ standards of urban living. ... -
An urban regeneration-placemaking strategy for the Qatar National Museum and Souq Waqif’s transit-oriented development in Doha, State of Qatar
( Henry Stewart Publications LLP , 2023 , Article)In the past 20 years, the State of Qatar has undergone rapid urban growth. Doha, the capital city, has capitalised on large-scale urban and infrastructural projects to strengthen and diversify its economy. The transport ... -
The urban regeneration’s framework for transit villages in Qatar: the case of Al Sadd in Doha
( Springer , 2021 , Article)In the past two decades, Doha, the capital city of the State of Qatar, has undergone a rapid urban transformation. In 2013 and 2014, the State of Qatar, respectively, initiated the construction of Doha Metro and launched ... -
Urban resilience and livability performance of European smart cities: A novel machine learning approach
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Smart cities are centres of economic opulence and hope for standardized living. Understanding the shades of urban resilience and livability in smart city models is of paramount importance. This study presents a novel ... -
Urban Revitalization of Public Spaces in the Pearl in Qatar
( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2016 , Article)Qatar has witnessed a rapid development in urbanism within the last few decades especially after the oil discovery. Modern style projects have been imported to the country in-order to reflect aluxurious image. The Fareej ... -
Urban streets and social interactions in ‘third places’: The urban regeneration of al wakrah old souq (state of qatar)
( Henry Stewart Publications , 2019 , Article)The social-spatial complexity of a city can be explored through the relationship between its built forms and users’ daily social activities. Researchers argue that there is a relationship between the built environment, ... -
Urban transformations: From restricted random aggregation to designed cultural intent in Middle Eastern Cities
( Beijing JiaoTong University , 2019 , Conference Paper)It is difficult to describe Middle Eastern settlements due to several geographical, physical, functional, cultural, and temporal factors. Despite this, it seems apparent that spatio-formal processes characterise their ... -
Urbanization and non-renewable energy demand: A comparison of developed and emerging countries
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)Much of the current literature that deals with the effect of urbanization on energy demand focuses only on a specific region or a single country. This research extends the current literature by concentrating on a sample ... -
Urdu in Devanagari: Shifting orthographic practices and Muslim identity in Delhi
( Cambridge University Press , 2011 , Article)In sociolinguistics, Urdu and Hindi are considered to be textbook examples of digraphia—a linguistic situation in which varieties of the same language are written in different scripts. Urdu has traditionally been written ...
