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West Bay Business District in Doha, State of Qatar: Envisioning a Vibrant Transit-Oriented Development
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
In recent decades, Doha, the capital of Qatar, has experienced a large-scale transformation
due to globalization and rapid economic growth. Recently, these changes have led to a focus on
infrastructural development and ...
Transit‐Oriented Development in Doha: The Case of the Al Sadd Neighborhood and Hamad Hospital Metro Station
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
Over the last two decades, transit‐oriented development (TOD) has been widely implemented
as an integrated strategy to enhance urban livability. Doha, the capital of the State of Qatar,
has faced urban challenges such ...
A Framework for Enhancing the Spatial Urban Form of Informal Economies in India: The Case of Krishna Rajendra Market, Bangalore
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SAGE
, 2021 , Article)
The International Monetary Fund estimates that the Indian economy contributes over 8% to the global gross domestic
product (GDP), making India the fifth largest economy in the world. However, the formal and informal sectors ...
A Social-Ecological Perspective for Emerging Cities: The Case of the Corniche Promenade, ‘Urban Majlis’ of Doha
(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 ...
Souq Waqif Neighborhood as a Transit-Oriented Development
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American Society of Civil Engineers
, 2020 , Article)
In a rapidly developing nation such as Qatar, the prime aspect of growth is directed toward delivering social, economic, and environmental coherence in its neighborhood development. Qatar's current fast economic growth and ...
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, ...
Cultural influences on the yards of Italian migrants’ houses built in Brisbane (Australia)
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SAGE Publications
, 2020 , Article)
Italian migrants, as well as diverse migrant groups, brought with them cultural practices and a way of life, which are nowadays part of the multicultural Australian built environment and society. This research study focuses ...
A cultural heritage framework for preserving Qatari vernacular domestic architecture
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
Architecture and urbanism in the Arabian Gulf region, and specifically in the State of Qatar, offer many scenes to observe the loss of urban identity and cultural heritage in the various components of the built environment, ...
An urban regeneration planning scheme for the Souq Waqif heritage site of Doha
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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 integrated design strategy for the urban regeneration of west bay, business district of Doha (State of Qatar)
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
Emergent communities have integrated land use and transportation plan based on transit-oriented developments (TODs) and light rail transit with the sole purpose to enliven and redevelop the constructed environment. Doha ...