Browsing by Author "Boussaa, Djamel"
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ASSESSMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY IN DOHA
Awwaad, Reem Youssef Amin (2017 , Master Thesis)Well-functioning urban environments are good causes of societies living healthily and happily. The performance of the public realm plays an important role, in this regard, where societies are in direct contact with their ... -
Comfort temperature and occupant adaptive behavior in offices in Qatar during summer
Indraganti, Madhavi; Boussaa, Djamel ( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)Qatar tops the world in per capita CO2 emissions and per capita total primary energy supply. Adaptive comfort standards and thermal comfort field survey data are not available for Qatar. We conducted a thermal comfort ... -
Conservation And Development Of Cultural Heritage In Doha
Boussaa, Djamel ( 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 ... -
Development of an Integrated Quality Function Deployment and Utility Theory Weighting System to Improve Occupants' Satisfaction
Mostavi, Ehsan; Asadi, Somayeh; Boussaa, Djamel ( American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) , 2019 , Article)Studies have shown that occupant satisfaction is a compelling factor affecting building energy consumption. Occupants' behavior has a direct relationship to their satisfaction, and it is clear that occupants' satisfaction ... -
Framework for Energy-Efficient Building Envelope Design Optimization Tool
Mostavi, Ehsan; Asadi, Somayeh; Boussaa, Djamel ( American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) , 2018 , Article)© 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers. Multiple energy-simulation programs have recently been developed. Most of these programs utilize thermodynamic equations and the mechanical characteristics, loadings, and temperature ... -
The Important Role of Friday Mosques in Reviving the Urban Identity of Doha, Qatar
Al Khani, Fadi Ahmad Yasin (2018 , Master Thesis)Qatar is one of the oil countries that has witnessed a paradigm shift in urbanism during the last few decades. Globalization is one of the exogenous forces that influenced the urban transformation of Doha and its identity. ... -
Souk Waqif: A Landmark In Doha, Qatar Rehabilitation, Social And Economic Sustainability
Boussaa, Djamel ( 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 ... -
TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE URBAN CONSERVATION STRATEGY: THE CASE OF HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN DOHA, QATAR
Mutlu, Esra (2017 , Master Thesis)Historic districts of Doha, the capital of Qatar, have been deteriorating due to the city’s recent uncontrolled rapid urban growth. Consequently, heritage value inherit in their urban fabric is under threat. Recent ... -
Urban regeneration and the search for identity in historic cities
Boussaa, Djamel ( MDPI AG , 2017 , Article)In the face of rapid economic development, population growth, people increasing needs and changing lifestyles, most historic centers in the Gulf have experienced problems in making the necessary adjustment and adaptation ...