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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 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 ... -
The Use of Newly Developed Public Transportation System in Relation to People’s Thermal Perception of Outdoor Climate
( Qatar University Press , 2023 , Conference Paper)In the past decade, Doha the capital city of Qatar has witnessed a massive shift in various fields including economy, education, and sports sector. This flux caused rapid population growth, and as a result have led to an ... -
Virtual reconstruction of the historic city of Al-Zubarah in Qatar
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)The ruins of al-Zubarah hold within them valuable information for historians and anthropologists to know the society that once lived in it. Thanks to contemporary modelling methods, and a wealth of recent scholarship and ... -
Water harvesting cube
( Springer Nature , 2019 , Article)Water scarcity is at the center of the world's greatest challenges, including famine, disease, and sustainable development. In many countries, there are active researches aimed at improving the supply of fresh water through ... -
Why is the Indian Sari an all-weather gear? Clothing insulation of Sari, Salwar-Kurti, Pancha, Lungi, and Dhoti
( NCEUB 2016 , 2016 , Conference Paper)Barring a few reports on the clothing insulation of sari and salwar-Kurti, little is known about the other traditional ensembles men use in South Asia and beyond. To accurately account for the thermal insulation on the ... -
Women's spaces in the vernacular Qatari courtyard house: how privacy and gendered spatial segregation shape architectural identity
( 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, ...