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Sustainable Status Assessment of the Transit-Oriented Development in Doha’s Education City
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MDPI
, 2023 , Article)
Doha, the capital of the State of Qatar, has seen rapid growth in recent years, resulting in challenges that can be addressed through sustainable urban design strategies. Such approaches, including Transit-Oriented ...
An urban regeneration-placemaking strategy for the Qatar National Museum and Souq Waqif’s transit-oriented development in Doha, State of Qatar
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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 ...
Women's spaces in the vernacular Qatari courtyard house: how privacy and gendered spatial segregation shape architectural identity
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Emerald
, 2022 , Article)
Purpose: This research study aims to explore sociocultural factors such as privacy and gender segregation as they relate to the spatial perception of women's spaces within the vernacular Qatari household, and the activities, ...
Transit‐Oriented Development and Livability: The Case of the Najma and Al Mansoura Neighborhoods in Doha, Qatar
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Cogitatio Press
, 2022 , Article)
Since the 1970s, Qatar’s rapid urban growth has resulted in a segregated and poorly connected urban form, particularly in the country’s capital, Doha. Although the recent opening of the Doha Metro has begun to mitigate ...
A social-ecological perspective for emerging cities: The case of Corniche promenade, “urban majlis” of Doha
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EnPress Publisher, LLC
, 2022 , Article)
In the past decade, the capital city of Doha of the State of Qatar has experienced rapid urban expansion and other changes due to globalization, which has caused (i) the loss of a compact urban pattern, (ii) landscape ...
Towards a knowledge-hub destination: analysis and recommendation for implementing TOD for Qatar national library metro station
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Springer
, 2023 , Article)
During the past two decades, Qatar, a developing country, has invested heavily in infrastructure development to address several challenges caused by the rapid urbanization. Qatar has made a significant step toward its urban ...
Rethinking urbanism in Doha : The Qatar National Museum transit-oriented development
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Henry Stewart Publications LLP
, 2021 , Article)
The urban environment of Doha has witnessed a remarkable transformation during the past few decades, which has been triggered by economic growth due to oil and gas revenues. Doha has attracted foreign investment to participate ...
Cultural meanings embedded in the facade of Italian migrants' houses in brisbane, Australia
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Archnet-IJAR
, 2017 , Article)
In the Post-WWII period, while industrial production in Italy had diminished and millions of people were unemployed, Australia was facing the opposite problem of shortage of labour, due to a rapid agricultural and industrial ...
Cultural traditions and architectural form of Italian transnational houses in Australia
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ArchNet
, 2015 , Article)
The purpose of this article is to investigate the connection between cultural traditions and house form which, according to scholars, is in danger of being lost, and so contribute to the revival of critical interest in ...
Toward Sustainable Urban Development in Doha: Implementation of Transit Villages through a Multiple-Layer Analysis
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American Society of Civil Engineers
, 2023 , Article)
Scholars argue that the efficient integration between public transportation systems and potential transit villages is the best strategy to be adopted to achieve sustainable urban development and manage the expansion of ...