Worldwide recession, rapid increase in energy cost, inefficient use of nonrenewable resources, global climatic changes and pollution are all indicators of a deteriorating built environment. Improving the living conditions ...

Designing and implementing sustainable solutions means to take responsibility for the welfare of future generations as well as for our environment and planet. Positive approach towards sustainability should be an essential ...

Rapid urbanization in Doha during the past few decades has resulted in the disappearance of traditional neighborhoods that were replaced by modern mega real-estate developments, public buildings and projects. More traditional ...

The study commences with a comparative analysis between desert adapted cactus plants and traditional mud houses. Primary comparative results yielded three main similarities: 1) Effective utilization of self-shading surfaces; ...

Several sustainable building assessment tools have been developed globally to manage sustainability in building's indoor environment. The sustainable building assessment tools (SBATs) measure the user's satisfaction and ...

This research aims to study the development of the landscape of contemporary museums, their conceptual classification, and their contextual implementation from the mid-20th century up to the present. It will highlight cases ...

This research aims to study the development of the landscape of contemporary museums, their conceptual classification, and their contextual implementation from the mid-20th century up to the present. It will highlight cases ...

Enhancing the quality of urban life is considered by social scientists. It has instigated a growing attention in findings from surveys aiming to measure the inhabitant image in particular places. This paper investigates ...

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 ...

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 ...