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Ecological Indicators for Landscape Assessment- Moving Forward with Sustainability Initiatives for Qatar
( OMICS International , 2012 , Article)According to the Central Intelligence Agency, Oil and gas have made Qatar the second highest per-capita income country - following Liechtenstein. The economy of Qatar is one of the active economies in the Middle East with ... -
Editorial: New developments and new discourse on architecture and urbamism
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Approach for Integrating Indirect Evaporative Cooling System into Contemporary Architecture
( OMICS International , 2014 , Article)Nowadays, the knowledge of building ecology focuses on energy efficiency and how to integrate environmental and climatic parameters into HVAC and thus enhances space qualities such as comfort ability. The aim of this paper ... -
Conservation And Development Of Cultural Heritage In Doha
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference Paper)Throughout the world, many urban designers and architects have been working toward the protection, preservation and enhancement of urban heritage in order to increase its usefulness as well as preserve the cities' cultural ... -
Preserving And Improving Traditional Built Environments In Doha: The Case Of Old-mushaireb Area
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference Paper)Due to rapid urbanization during the past few decades, Doha has witnessed the disappearance of significant areas of its traditional built environment that were replaced by modern mega real-estate developments, public ... -
Souk Waqif: A Landmark In Doha, Qatar Rehabilitation, Social And Economic Sustainability
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference Paper)Heritage and tourism have become during the last two decades dynamic areas of development in the world. The idea of heritage is crucial to the critical decision-making process as to how irreplaceable resources are to be ... -
Exploring socio-spatial aspects of traditional souqs: The case of Souq Mutrah, Oman
( Archnet-IJAR , 2014 , Article)Traditional souqs in the Arabian Peninsula continue to be major focal points of trade, commerce, exchange, entertainment and social interaction. Souq Mutrah, in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman is one of these important regional ... -
Review of 'terrain vague: Interstices at the edge of the pale' by Manuela Mariani and patrick barron (editors). London & New York, Routledge, 2014, 256 pages, ISBN 978-0415827683
( Archnet-IJAR , 2014 , Book Review)The concept of terrain vague was first theorized by Ignasi de Sola-Morales in the mid 1990s as a contemporary space of project and design that includes the marginal wastelands and vacant lots that are located outside the ... -
Livability and Social Capital in West Bay, The New Business Precinct of Doha
( OMICS International , 2015 , Article)Scholars argue that there is a mutual relationship between built environment, social interactions (and/or socialcapital) and livability: the form of the built environment contributes to the construction of social capital ... -
Neighborhoods and Social Interactions: The Case of Al-Najada Area in Doha
( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2015 , Article)Cities provide places for people to live, work, learn and socialize. As urban environments, cities nowadays are typically characterized by urban sprawl in which open public spaces (1) are neglected and/or (2) social ... -
Italo-Australian Transnational Houses: Culture and Built Heritage as a Tool for Cultural Continuity
( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2015 , Article)(The Problem) The classical theorist Vitruvius celebrates architecture as an expression of societies’ cultural factors where culture has a determinant role in shaping built forms. Despite this notion of architecture has ... -
The Spatial Form of Houses Built by Italian Migrants in Post WWII Brisbane, Australia
( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2015 , Article)The literature reveals that despite the study of the relationship between human behavior, activities and built form has focused on physical spatial environments at any scale, ranging from built environment to built form, ... -
History of Italian Immigrants Experience with Housing in Post WWII Australia
( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2015 , Article)Previous studies on Italian migrants in Australia highlight that Italian migrants migrated to Australia in the 1950s’-1960s with the primary goal of permanently settling in Australia. Also, scholars pointed out that the ... -
Built Form of the Souq Waqif in Doha and User’s Social Engagement
( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2015 , Article)The Souq Waqif is located in the heart of the old downtown of Doha, the capital of the State of Qatar. The Souq Waqif is one of the most important heritage sites in the country. Over the years this market became abounded ... -
Integrated Approach for the Improvement of Human Comfort in the Public Realm: The Case of the Corniche, the Linear Urban Link of Doha
( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2015 , Article)The Corniche is a public realm located in Doha. Its waterfront palm-fringed boulevard and twin carriageway extends in a horseshoe shape and runs 7 km along the Doha Bay and the city's sea-front. Doha Corniche is indisputably ... -
The Development of Vital Precincts in Doha: Urban Regeneration and Socio-Cultural Factors
( Scientific Research Publishing , 2015 , Article)Through the past few decades, Doha, the capital of the State of Qatar, has experienced an extraordinary economic growth and transformation of its built environment. This has been caused by post-WWII oil and natural gas ... -
Dubai: An Urbanism Shaped for Global Tourism
( OMICS International , 2015 , Article)The urban transformation experience of Dubai presents an interesting model of dealing with globalization and benefiting from its flows of people, capital, and transformation. Although that city does not have rich urban ... -
Italo-Australian Transnational Houses: Critical Review of a Qualitative Research Study
( OMICS International , 2015 , Article Review)The research study aimed to understand how first generation Italian migrants in Brisbane have influenced the form of a specific typology of dwelling, the archetypal ‘house on a quarter-acre block’, in the post WWII period. In ... -
Livability and Social Capital in West Bay, The New Business Precinct of Doha
( OMICS International , 2015 , Article)Scholars argue that there is a mutual relationship between built environment, social interactions (and/or social capital) and livability: the form of the built environment contributes to the construction of social capital ... -
The Souq Waqif Heritage Site in Doha: Spatial Form and Livability
( Scientific & Academic Publishing , 2015 , Article)The aim of this paper is to examine how and the extent to which the urban form of the heritage site of the Souq Waqif in Doha (1) encourages the formation of enhanced levels of social and community engagement (i.e., social ...
