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Urban streets and social interactions in ‘third places’: The urban regeneration of al wakrah old souq (state of qatar)
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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, ...
Socio-cultural factors shaping the spatial form of traditional and contemporary housing in Qatar: A comparative analysis based on space syntax
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Beijing JiaoTong University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Socio-cultural factors in the spatial form of Qatari houses seem affected by the forces of globalization during rapid urbanization of its capital, Doha, over the previous three decades whereby the construction of housing ...
Evaporatively-cooled facade integrated with photovoltaic thermal panel applied in hot and humid climates
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
This study investigates the performance of a hybrid passive cooling system, applied on fully-glazed facades of typical office spaces, in reducing the facade surface temperature and the space thermal loads. The proposed ...
Building energy model calibration using automated optimization-based algorithm
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
Multiple numbers of Building Energy Simulation (BES) programs have been improved and implemented during the last decades. BES models play a crucial role in understanding building energy demands and accelerating the malfunction ...
Qatar Sustainability Assessment System (QSAS)-Neighborhood Development (ND) Assessment Model: Coupling green urban planning and green building design
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
The green building rating systems endeavor to achieve the extent of sustainability in building scale; however, they are lacking in assessing the urban scale. Few green building rating systems have developed the neighborhood ...
A treatment wetland park assessment model for evaluating urban ecosystem stability using analytical hierarchy process (AHP)
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Dorma Journals
, 2019 , Article)
The increased impervious and built-up urban areas threat ecosystem stability through major environmental problems, such as surface runoff, flooding, and wildlife habitat resource depletion. Hence, urban ecologists and ...