Traditionally the term visualization has been used to describe the process of graphically conveying or presenting end results. This paper argues that the utility of visualization approaches extends beyond these limits as it plays key role in fields of exploration, analysis and presentation, which enhances planner's capabilities to solve complex planning problems. It proposes a transdisciplinary method that combines visualization approaches to site selection, integrated with spatial scenario planning, and stakeholder participation. However, it focuses on visualization as it relates to spatial data, to be applied to all the stages of problem-solving in geographical analysis, from development of initial hypotheses, through knowledge discovery, analysis, presentation and evaluation. It uses three different spatial scenarios – nature conservation, residential expansion, and sustainable developmentto investigate the potentials of GIS based visualization to develop maps of a range of plausible future for possible quarrying locations in Lebanon.
{"title":"VISUALIZATION-BASED DECISION SUPPORT FOR OPTIMIZING SITE SELECTION:QUARRIES IN LEBANON; WHERE TO?","authors":"Maher Y Ibrahim, A. Soliman, Khalid S. Al-Hagla","doi":"10.54729/2789-8547.1122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54729/2789-8547.1122","url":null,"abstract":"Traditionally the term visualization has been used to describe the process of graphically conveying or presenting end results. This paper argues that the utility of visualization approaches extends beyond these limits as it plays key role in fields of exploration, analysis and presentation, which enhances planner's capabilities to solve complex planning problems. It proposes a transdisciplinary method that combines visualization approaches to site selection, integrated with spatial scenario planning, and stakeholder participation. However, it focuses on visualization as it relates to spatial data, to be applied to all the stages of problem-solving in geographical analysis, from development of initial hypotheses, through knowledge discovery, analysis, presentation and evaluation. It uses three different spatial scenarios – nature conservation, residential expansion, and sustainable developmentto investigate the potentials of GIS based visualization to develop maps of a range of plausible future for possible quarrying locations in Lebanon.","PeriodicalId":113089,"journal":{"name":"Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115414084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"WATERFRONTS DEVELOPMENT POLICIESCASE STUDY: \"ALEXANDRIA & JEDDAH WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT\"","authors":"Walid F. Omar","doi":"10.54729/2789-8547.1110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54729/2789-8547.1110","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":113089,"journal":{"name":"Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)","volume":"247 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121675827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"التنمية السياحية المستدامة للمدن الأثرية الساحليةدراسة تطبيقية: (مدينة القصير - محافظة البحر الأحمر)","authors":"علاء الدين عادل الألفي","doi":"10.54729/2789-8547.1125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54729/2789-8547.1125","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":113089,"journal":{"name":"Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123615639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The structural spatial imbalances in Egypt have received considerable attention in recent years. Discussions have been characterized by both a focus towards the importance of the exploitation of the competitive advantages of regions and the reduction of socio-economic disparities by directing development towards backward regions. Those two opinions are drawing attention towards the need for an in-depth analysis of concentration and decentralization policies and their impacts on the land use distribution. This paper analyzes the urban growth scenarios in Port Said governorate within a framework of a decentralized concentration approach for the allocation of economic activities. The purpose of this approach is to support the preparation of a spatial and socio-economic plan that could assist in closing the gap between the rural/urban inequalities and socioeconomic disparities. The analysis of urban growth in Port Said area reveals that there is a strong need to create new employment centers along new transportation corridors to create polycentric regions, each functioning as an integrated socio-economic system that is formally independent from the others, yet connected and concentrated. Meanwhile, rural development has to be promoted as independent functional units that form an agropolitan system. It is concluded that the combination of urban polycentrism and rural concentrated decentralization could present a solution to the unmanaged urban growth on arable land, rural to urban migration and the low quality of life at the urban fringes of the main urban centers.
{"title":"THE ANALYSIS OF URBAN CONCENTRATION AND DECENTRALIZATION IN EGYPT: CASE STUDY OF PORT SAID GOVERNORATE.","authors":"H. Ayad","doi":"10.54729/2789-8547.1120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54729/2789-8547.1120","url":null,"abstract":"The structural spatial imbalances in Egypt have received considerable attention in recent years. Discussions have been characterized by both a focus towards the importance of the exploitation of the competitive advantages of regions and the reduction of socio-economic disparities by directing development towards backward regions. Those two opinions are drawing attention towards the need for an in-depth analysis of concentration and decentralization policies and their impacts on the land use distribution. This paper analyzes the urban growth scenarios in Port Said governorate within a framework of a decentralized concentration approach for the allocation of economic activities. The purpose of this approach is to support the preparation of a spatial and socio-economic plan that could assist in closing the gap between the rural/urban inequalities and socioeconomic disparities. The analysis of urban growth in Port Said area reveals that there is a strong need to create new employment centers along new transportation corridors to create polycentric regions, each functioning as an integrated socio-economic system that is formally independent from the others, yet connected and concentrated. Meanwhile, rural development has to be promoted as independent functional units that form an agropolitan system. It is concluded that the combination of urban polycentrism and rural concentrated decentralization could present a solution to the unmanaged urban growth on arable land, rural to urban migration and the low quality of life at the urban fringes of the main urban centers.","PeriodicalId":113089,"journal":{"name":"Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129718927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"دور مراكز الأحياء السكنية في الانجاح الاقتصادي لمشاريع المسكن الميسر","authors":"أحمد بن عبدالكريم المحيميد","doi":"10.54729/2789-8547.1127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54729/2789-8547.1127","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":113089,"journal":{"name":"Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127569486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
One of the most significant challenges facing the world today is the ever increasing tension between technical development and the environment. High environmental quality is a key term that researchers are striving to accomplish, in view of the catastrophes the world is now facing. Our nation and the world have an enormous need for Sustainable architecture. This demands that we rethink the extractive habits of our industry in countries, and reconnect them with the natural world and ecosystems that support life and look for advanced solutions for energy, water, and climate change. The driver of these needs is humankind. People all over the world are calling for a higher quality of the built environment, for improved environmental stewardship, energy and water management, and greater social equity... a better quality of life. Sustaining urbanism in hot and arid regions through social and cultural aspects is an essential factor in achieving optimum living conditions. This contributes mainly to the conservation of the human ecosystem and hence leads to the ability to adapt to cultural and environmental changes. Moreover, sustaining the environment in hot arid regions improves energy efficiency as well as the effectiveness and usability of dwellings. The idea introduced in this paper is handling the problem of cultural reflections on life conditions in deserts from a wider spectrum. The problem of inconvenient living conditions in such harsh environment is a complex one, requiring input across many disciplines to identify appropriate remedial steps and management strategies. Over the past few decades, there has been a greater demand in the field of architecture to achieve design strategies for comfortable living conditions in this challenging area, drawing on traditions and knowledge obtained from research into landscape development and the natural environment. This paper analyses the design strategies in hot arid regions through three main case studies in North African countries, sharing the same climatic conditions, where the inhabitants achieved effective management of their local resources in order to adapt to their climate and live in more appropriate, socially stable and healthy environment. The three applications are Matmata in Tunisia, Mizab Valley in Algeria and Siwa oasis in Egypt. The paper particularly focuses on the strategies that have been used to practice the techniques of controlling the environment conditions in terms of Climate Responsive Architecture, Indoor Comfort and Energy Efficiency, thus attempting at solving sustainability problems in hot arid regions, and improving the urban and environmental quality of its urban spaces for the well-being of inhabitants. 1 Architect designer at the AAPG, an international architectural and planning consultants group, Alexandria, Egypt. riham_architecture@yahoo.com Architect Designer, AAPG, Alexandria for Architecture and Planning Group, Alexandria, Egypt. Riham Muhammed Gaber is a senior Arc
当今世界面临的最重大挑战之一是技术发展与环境之间日益紧张的关系。鉴于当今世界所面临的灾难,高环境质量是研究人员努力实现的一个关键术语。我们的国家和世界对可持续建筑有着巨大的需求。这就要求我们重新思考石油行业在各国的开采习惯,将其与支持生命的自然世界和生态系统重新联系起来,并为能源、水和气候变化寻找先进的解决方案。这些需求的驱动力是人类。世界各地的人们都在呼吁提高建筑环境的质量,要求改善环境管理、能源和水管理,以及更大的社会公平……更好的生活质量。在炎热和干旱地区,通过社会和文化方面维持城市化是实现最佳生活条件的关键因素。这主要有助于保护人类生态系统,从而提高适应文化和环境变化的能力。此外,在炎热干旱地区维持环境可以提高能源效率以及住宅的有效性和可用性。本文介绍的想法是从更广泛的角度来处理沙漠生活条件的文化反思问题。在如此恶劣的环境中生活条件不方便的问题是一个复杂的问题,需要在许多学科方面投入,以确定适当的补救步骤和管理战略。在过去的几十年里,建筑领域对在这个充满挑战的地区实现舒适生活条件的设计策略有了更大的需求,借鉴了从景观发展和自然环境研究中获得的传统和知识。本文通过北非国家的三个主要案例分析了炎热干旱地区的设计策略,这些国家拥有相同的气候条件,居民对当地资源进行了有效的管理,以适应他们的气候,生活在更合适、社会稳定和健康的环境中。这三个应用分别是突尼斯的Matmata、阿尔及利亚的Mizab山谷和埃及的Siwa绿洲。本文特别关注在气候响应型建筑、室内舒适和能源效率方面用于实践控制环境条件的技术的策略,从而试图解决炎热干旱地区的可持续性问题,并为居民的福祉改善城市空间的城市和环境质量。1 . AAPG的建筑设计师,AAPG是一家国际建筑和规划咨询集团,位于埃及亚历山大。riham_architecture@yahoo.com建筑设计师,AAPG,亚历山大建筑与规划组,亚历山大,埃及。Riham Muhammed Gaber是AAPG的高级建筑设计师,AAPG是一家国际建筑和规划咨询集团,由埃及亚历山大大学前建筑系系主任Ahmed Mounir教授博士拥有。她于2005年获得建筑工程学士学位,此后一直在不同的建筑工程公司担任建筑师,其中一些是国际建筑工程公司,如Rough-Bros公司;美国温室建设公司。她最近在学院建筑工程与环境设计系完成了建筑学硕士学位。她的主要研究兴趣围绕生态和可持续设计发展,她主要关注健康环境设计的应用。Gaber:生活在炎热干旱的环境中;为了在经济环境和社会文化之间取得平衡,需要制定设计策略,以满足沙漠气候和特征在经济基础上的需求,同时提供社会公平。应用这些策略的可能方法可以概括为:对炎热干旱气候下现有建筑环境的调查。详细举例说明他们如何在这样的气候条件下适应他们的建筑;通过对每个案例的房屋描述进行介绍和分析。总结可以学习的经验教训和设计策略。一些简单的设计标准可以反映如何在沙漠建筑中实现可持续发展。例如,
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{"title":"العمارة التقليدية الأردنية وإمكانية توظيفها في العمارة الحديثة دراسة تحليلية لنماذج معمارية تقليدية في محافظة المفرق","authors":"إبراهيم موفق الحداد, عبد العزیز إبراهیم محمود","doi":"10.54729/2789-8547.1115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54729/2789-8547.1115","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":113089,"journal":{"name":"Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130969919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"إحياء مقوماتنا الثقافية العربية للبيئة العمرانية الصحراوية المستدامة","authors":"وليد فؤاد عمر","doi":"10.54729/2789-8547.1118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54729/2789-8547.1118","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":113089,"journal":{"name":"Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122214727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"من أجل مستقبل أفضل لأعمال صيانة المباني السكنية في مصر","authors":"مصطفى جلال رمضان","doi":"10.54729/2789-8547.1129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54729/2789-8547.1129","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":113089,"journal":{"name":"Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132488556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Linkages of rural-urban structures, in both degrees of intensity and typology, are ever changing and consequently changing the interface of the Egyptian urban setting. The dynamics of the rural-urban interrelationships constantly generate different types of powers that have been manipulating the pattern of urban growth as much as articulating distortion and imbalances of the entire urban system. The attributes of the system inputs, for example the nature of land-use policy and tools, determine to a far extent the quality of the outputs that could be epitomized in the accomplishment of the developmental national objectives. On the other hand, expanding the comprehension of the socially and economically-influencing attributes operating in the urban-rural setting, is pivotal in reformulating system inputs that may guarantee a better chance of quality outputs. The objective of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of those influencing attributes and powers operating on the Egyptian rural-urban setting. This attributes underpin the conversion of scarce agricultural-land into urban uses in the peri-urban areas of the Egyptian Metropolitans and large-and-intermediate-size cities. Towards achieving this objective, the research investigates the mechanism of conversion and the nature of the process' stimulators. The employed methodology depended on triple-tire paths: a) repetitive site visits to the peri-urban areas of South-East Alexandria, namely Almadara-Alqebliya and Abeis spanned from January to August 2009. b) Interviews with stakeholders: local residents, local officials, and urban scholars took place in the same time period, and c) desktop review of multiple literatures addressing the subject under investigation. The paper poses and attempts to answer the question of whether there is a potential change in the pattern, pace, and intensity of the agro-land conversion to other uses with the current social, economic, and urban policy context. Answer to this question is meant to constitute a ground for research in the future.
{"title":"THE POLITICS OF LAND-USE CONVERSION IN THE PERI-URBAN AREAS OF THE EGYPTIAN CITIES","authors":"Tarek Ragab","doi":"10.54729/2789-8547.1124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54729/2789-8547.1124","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Linkages of rural-urban structures, in both degrees of intensity and typology, are ever changing and consequently changing the interface of the Egyptian urban setting. The dynamics of the rural-urban interrelationships constantly generate different types of powers that have been manipulating the pattern of urban growth as much as articulating distortion and imbalances of the entire urban system. The attributes of the system inputs, for example the nature of land-use policy and tools, determine to a far extent the quality of the outputs that could be epitomized in the accomplishment of the developmental national objectives. On the other hand, expanding the comprehension of the socially and economically-influencing attributes operating in the urban-rural setting, is pivotal in reformulating system inputs that may guarantee a better chance of quality outputs. The objective of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of those influencing attributes and powers operating on the Egyptian rural-urban setting. This attributes underpin the conversion of scarce agricultural-land into urban uses in the peri-urban areas of the Egyptian Metropolitans and large-and-intermediate-size cities. Towards achieving this objective, the research investigates the mechanism of conversion and the nature of the process' stimulators. The employed methodology depended on triple-tire paths: a) repetitive site visits to the peri-urban areas of South-East Alexandria, namely Almadara-Alqebliya and Abeis spanned from January to August 2009. b) Interviews with stakeholders: local residents, local officials, and urban scholars took place in the same time period, and c) desktop review of multiple literatures addressing the subject under investigation. The paper poses and attempts to answer the question of whether there is a potential change in the pattern, pace, and intensity of the agro-land conversion to other uses with the current social, economic, and urban policy context. Answer to this question is meant to constitute a ground for research in the future.","PeriodicalId":113089,"journal":{"name":"Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126164141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}