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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 ...
Tod’s role in enhancing urban quality of life and preserving built heritage: The case of Msheireb Downtown Doha
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Poster)
The term ‘Transit-Oriented Development’ or TOD was firstly used by the American planner Peter Calthorpe in 1993. To address the urban sprawling caused by extensive car use and the disappearance of historical community ...
Complexity and Use in Building Evaluation (CUBE2): The Modular Case of the BCR Corridors at Qatar University
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Qatar University Press
, 2021 , Poster)
The BCR Corridors at QU are notorious for wayfinding difficulties of end-users in the building complex. These navigation problems appear to arise due to the repetitive similarity of individual parts in its modular design, ...
Multi-layered documentation of heritage villages: The case of tinbak, qatar
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
Heritage settlements have long histories that consist of multiple layers of urban layouts, building forms, and culture. Looking at the first layer that formed the initiation stage of the growth becomes a difficult task ...
Backyard Urban Agriculture in Qatar: Challenges & Recommendations
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Global Waste Cleaning Network
, 2021 , Article)
The last decade witnessed a return to traditional ways of farming that were, for decades, braced by technological advancement. Along with many countries around the world, Qatar manifests an interest in urban farming, ...
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 ...
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. ...