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Papers by Shimaa Ahmed

Research paper thumbnail of The concept of “Local Smart Architecture”: An Approach to Appropriate Local Sustainable Buildings

The recent decades have witnessed the widespread manifestation of intelligent building design dev... more The recent decades have witnessed the widespread manifestation of intelligent building design development around the world. Meanwhile, the concept of smart buildings has stimulated various architects and designers to make use of it for the sake of sustainable building. Intelligence is described as “the adaptaption with the surrounding environment”, while Intelligent Buildings is defined as “It is a sustainable in terms of energy, and water consumptions besides being slowly polluting in terms of emissions and waste, healthy in terms of well-being for the people living and working within, and functional according to the user needs” [1]. The research paper has taken this definition as a point of departure in the subsequent formulation of research objectives and approaches to the study. It focuses on the gap in defining and applying the expression of “Smart Architecture” between theory and practice especially in developing countries, owing to the lack of deep consideration of the availa...

Research paper thumbnail of The Impact of Urban Regeneration on Land Use in Land with High Urban Value – London VS Beirut

EARTH SCIENCES AND HUMAN CONSTRUCTIONS, 2021

The paper explores the relationship between the economic, social and political forces shaping urb... more The paper explores the relationship between the economic, social and political forces shaping urban regeneration and its impact on selected case studies (London-Beirut). It draws on experiences with planning and delivery of regeneration schemes through various forms of public / private partnerships in England and Lebanon. The paper discusses urban regeneration definition and its analytical framework, policies, strategies, and key success factors. Then the study analyses two international experiences of urban regeneration for land with high urban value namely; Canary Wharf in London and Downtown Beirut, in order to draw an outline of the objectives of this process, its approach and its analytical framework. Finally, the paper summarizes the most significant findings and highlight the importance of funding resources, institutional management and public / private partnerships to achieve successful and sustainable results.

Research paper thumbnail of Towards a Methodology to Guide the Spatial Change of Land Use InTerms of Value "Using the Casual Loop Diagram

The paper explores the relationships between land value, land use, and other variables affecting ... more The paper explores the relationships between land value, land use, and other variables affecting land use functional structure of the city. It draws on a causal loop diagram with explaining and analyzing these relationships through the causal loop diagram. The paper discusses the relationships between land use, land value, and all other variables namely accessibility, population, density, use density, air pollution, public benefits, price mechanism and supply and demand in the urban land market. Then the paper analyzes the variables affecting land use functional structure of the city namely geographical, economic, urban, laws, political, environmental, social, public interest, and demographic variables. Finally, the paper develops a causal loop diagram for land value as a tool for guiding the spatial change of land use in valuable areas, this causal loop diagram tries to explain and analyzes the efficiency of applying land value and its role in controlling land use.

Research paper thumbnail of Economic Land Use Theory and Land Value in Value Model

The paper explores the relationships between land use, land price, and land value. It draws on th... more The paper explores the relationships between land use, land price, and land value. It draws on the value model with explaining and analyzing the relationship between land value and land use, especially each type of use. The paper starts with an overview of a limited number of economic theories on the land market and subsequently introduce some well known land use models of economic theories on the principles. Later, the paper analyzes the variables affecting land use functional structure of the city namely: geographical, economic, urban, laws and legislation , political, environmental, social, public interest, and demographic variables. Finally, the integrated value model will be developed in this study. The value model is a mathematical based model for simulating future land use, especially in valuable lands; that has a foundation in economic equilibrium theory.

Research paper thumbnail of The concept of " Local Smart Architecture " : An Approach to Appropriate Local Sustainable Buildings

The recent decades have witnessed the widespread manifestation of intelligent building design dev... more The recent decades have witnessed the widespread manifestation of intelligent building design development around the world. Meanwhile, the concept of smart buildings has stimulated various architects and designers to make use of it for the sake of sustainable building. Intelligence is described as " the adaptaption with the surrounding environment " , while Intelligent Buildings is defined as " It is a sustainable in terms of energy, and water consumptions besides being slowly polluting in terms of emissions and waste, healthy in terms of well-being for the people living and working within, and functional according to the user needs " [1]. The research paper has taken this definition as a point of departure in the subsequent formulation of research objectives and approaches to the study. It focuses on the gap in defining and applying the expression of " Smart Architecture " between theory and practice especially in developing countries, owing to the lack of deep consideration of the available technology and local materials for ensuring the appropriateness as come of the main objectives of the sustainable smart architecture designs. The study proposes the concept of " Local Smart Architecture " based on the available technology in less developed countries. It aims to prove that it is not important to own High Technology to build Smart Building, through exploring two Egyptian case studies, which are the architecture of poor in Gourna City by Hassan Fathy, and Architecture of Bedouins in Siwa Oasis. The research ends up with the concept of Local Smart Architecture through utilization of appropriate vernacular architectural features in smart buildings design in order to achieve sustainability.

Research paper thumbnail of Intravenous Fluorouracil versus Oral Capecitabine: Postoperative Chemoradiation for Gastric Cancer

Journal of Cancer Therapy, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of The Impact of Urban Regeneration on Land Use in Land With High Urban Value – London VS Beirut

The paper explores the relationship between the economic, social and political forces shaping urb... more The paper explores the relationship between the economic, social and political forces shaping urban regeneration and its impact on selected case studies (London-Beirut). It draws on experiences with planning and delivery of regeneration schemes through various forms of public / private partnerships in England and Lebanon. The paper discusses urban regeneration definition and its analytical framework, policies, strategies, and key success factors. Then the study analyses two international experiences of urban regeneration for land with high urban value namely; Canary Wharf in London and Downtown Beirut, in order to draw an outline of the objectives of this process, its approach and its analytical framework. Finally, the paper summarizes the most significant findings and highlight the importance of funding resources, institutional management and public / private partnerships to achieve successful and sustainable results.

Research paper thumbnail of Economic Land Use Theory and Land Value in Value Model

The paper explores the relationships between land use, land price, and land value. It draws on th... more The paper explores the relationships between land use, land price, and land value. It draws on the value model with explaining and analyzing the relationship between land value and land use, especially each type of use. The paper starts with an overview of a limited number of economic theories on the land market and subsequently introduce some well known land use models of economic theories on the principles. Later, the paper analyzes the variables affecting land use functional structure of the city namely: geographical, economic, urban, laws and legislation , political, environmental, social, public interest, and demographic variables. Finally, the integrated value model will be developed in this study. The value model is a mathematical based model for simulating future land use, especially in valuable lands; that has a foundation in economic equilibrium theory.

Research paper thumbnail of Towards a Methodology to Guide the Spatial Change of Land Use In Terms of Value" Using the Casual Loop Diagram

"The paper explores the relationships between land value, land use, and other variables affecting... more "The paper explores the relationships between land value, land use, and other variables affecting land
use functional structure of the city. It draws on a causal loop diagram with explaining and analyzing these
relationships through the causal loop diagram. The paper discusses the relationships between land use, land
value, and all other variables namely accessibility, population, density, use density, air pollution, public
benefits, price mechanism and supply and demand in the urban land market. Then the paper analyzes the
variables affecting land use functional structure of the city namely geographical, economic, urban, laws,
political, environmental, social, public interest, and demographic variables. Finally, the paper develops a causal
loop diagram for land value as a tool for guiding the spatial change of land use in valuable areas, this causal
loop diagram tries to explain and analyzes the efficiency of applying land value and its role in controlling land
use."

Research paper thumbnail of The concept of “Local Smart Architecture”: An Approach to Appropriate Local Sustainable Buildings

The recent decades have witnessed the widespread manifestation of intelligent building design dev... more The recent decades have witnessed the widespread manifestation of intelligent building design development around the world. Meanwhile, the concept of smart buildings has stimulated various architects and designers to make use of it for the sake of sustainable building. Intelligence is described as “the adaptaption with the surrounding environment”, while Intelligent Buildings is defined as “It is a sustainable in terms of energy, and water consumptions besides being slowly polluting in terms of emissions and waste, healthy in terms of well-being for the people living and working within, and functional according to the user needs” [1]. The research paper has taken this definition as a point of departure in the subsequent formulation of research objectives and approaches to the study. It focuses on the gap in defining and applying the expression of “Smart Architecture” between theory and practice especially in developing countries, owing to the lack of deep consideration of the availa...

Research paper thumbnail of The Impact of Urban Regeneration on Land Use in Land with High Urban Value – London VS Beirut

EARTH SCIENCES AND HUMAN CONSTRUCTIONS, 2021

The paper explores the relationship between the economic, social and political forces shaping urb... more The paper explores the relationship between the economic, social and political forces shaping urban regeneration and its impact on selected case studies (London-Beirut). It draws on experiences with planning and delivery of regeneration schemes through various forms of public / private partnerships in England and Lebanon. The paper discusses urban regeneration definition and its analytical framework, policies, strategies, and key success factors. Then the study analyses two international experiences of urban regeneration for land with high urban value namely; Canary Wharf in London and Downtown Beirut, in order to draw an outline of the objectives of this process, its approach and its analytical framework. Finally, the paper summarizes the most significant findings and highlight the importance of funding resources, institutional management and public / private partnerships to achieve successful and sustainable results.

Research paper thumbnail of Towards a Methodology to Guide the Spatial Change of Land Use InTerms of Value "Using the Casual Loop Diagram

The paper explores the relationships between land value, land use, and other variables affecting ... more The paper explores the relationships between land value, land use, and other variables affecting land use functional structure of the city. It draws on a causal loop diagram with explaining and analyzing these relationships through the causal loop diagram. The paper discusses the relationships between land use, land value, and all other variables namely accessibility, population, density, use density, air pollution, public benefits, price mechanism and supply and demand in the urban land market. Then the paper analyzes the variables affecting land use functional structure of the city namely geographical, economic, urban, laws, political, environmental, social, public interest, and demographic variables. Finally, the paper develops a causal loop diagram for land value as a tool for guiding the spatial change of land use in valuable areas, this causal loop diagram tries to explain and analyzes the efficiency of applying land value and its role in controlling land use.

Research paper thumbnail of Economic Land Use Theory and Land Value in Value Model

The paper explores the relationships between land use, land price, and land value. It draws on th... more The paper explores the relationships between land use, land price, and land value. It draws on the value model with explaining and analyzing the relationship between land value and land use, especially each type of use. The paper starts with an overview of a limited number of economic theories on the land market and subsequently introduce some well known land use models of economic theories on the principles. Later, the paper analyzes the variables affecting land use functional structure of the city namely: geographical, economic, urban, laws and legislation , political, environmental, social, public interest, and demographic variables. Finally, the integrated value model will be developed in this study. The value model is a mathematical based model for simulating future land use, especially in valuable lands; that has a foundation in economic equilibrium theory.

Research paper thumbnail of The concept of " Local Smart Architecture " : An Approach to Appropriate Local Sustainable Buildings

The recent decades have witnessed the widespread manifestation of intelligent building design dev... more The recent decades have witnessed the widespread manifestation of intelligent building design development around the world. Meanwhile, the concept of smart buildings has stimulated various architects and designers to make use of it for the sake of sustainable building. Intelligence is described as " the adaptaption with the surrounding environment " , while Intelligent Buildings is defined as " It is a sustainable in terms of energy, and water consumptions besides being slowly polluting in terms of emissions and waste, healthy in terms of well-being for the people living and working within, and functional according to the user needs " [1]. The research paper has taken this definition as a point of departure in the subsequent formulation of research objectives and approaches to the study. It focuses on the gap in defining and applying the expression of " Smart Architecture " between theory and practice especially in developing countries, owing to the lack of deep consideration of the available technology and local materials for ensuring the appropriateness as come of the main objectives of the sustainable smart architecture designs. The study proposes the concept of " Local Smart Architecture " based on the available technology in less developed countries. It aims to prove that it is not important to own High Technology to build Smart Building, through exploring two Egyptian case studies, which are the architecture of poor in Gourna City by Hassan Fathy, and Architecture of Bedouins in Siwa Oasis. The research ends up with the concept of Local Smart Architecture through utilization of appropriate vernacular architectural features in smart buildings design in order to achieve sustainability.

Research paper thumbnail of Intravenous Fluorouracil versus Oral Capecitabine: Postoperative Chemoradiation for Gastric Cancer

Journal of Cancer Therapy, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of The Impact of Urban Regeneration on Land Use in Land With High Urban Value – London VS Beirut

The paper explores the relationship between the economic, social and political forces shaping urb... more The paper explores the relationship between the economic, social and political forces shaping urban regeneration and its impact on selected case studies (London-Beirut). It draws on experiences with planning and delivery of regeneration schemes through various forms of public / private partnerships in England and Lebanon. The paper discusses urban regeneration definition and its analytical framework, policies, strategies, and key success factors. Then the study analyses two international experiences of urban regeneration for land with high urban value namely; Canary Wharf in London and Downtown Beirut, in order to draw an outline of the objectives of this process, its approach and its analytical framework. Finally, the paper summarizes the most significant findings and highlight the importance of funding resources, institutional management and public / private partnerships to achieve successful and sustainable results.

Research paper thumbnail of Economic Land Use Theory and Land Value in Value Model

The paper explores the relationships between land use, land price, and land value. It draws on th... more The paper explores the relationships between land use, land price, and land value. It draws on the value model with explaining and analyzing the relationship between land value and land use, especially each type of use. The paper starts with an overview of a limited number of economic theories on the land market and subsequently introduce some well known land use models of economic theories on the principles. Later, the paper analyzes the variables affecting land use functional structure of the city namely: geographical, economic, urban, laws and legislation , political, environmental, social, public interest, and demographic variables. Finally, the integrated value model will be developed in this study. The value model is a mathematical based model for simulating future land use, especially in valuable lands; that has a foundation in economic equilibrium theory.

Research paper thumbnail of Towards a Methodology to Guide the Spatial Change of Land Use In Terms of Value" Using the Casual Loop Diagram

"The paper explores the relationships between land value, land use, and other variables affecting... more "The paper explores the relationships between land value, land use, and other variables affecting land
use functional structure of the city. It draws on a causal loop diagram with explaining and analyzing these
relationships through the causal loop diagram. The paper discusses the relationships between land use, land
value, and all other variables namely accessibility, population, density, use density, air pollution, public
benefits, price mechanism and supply and demand in the urban land market. Then the paper analyzes the
variables affecting land use functional structure of the city namely geographical, economic, urban, laws,
political, environmental, social, public interest, and demographic variables. Finally, the paper develops a causal
loop diagram for land value as a tool for guiding the spatial change of land use in valuable areas, this causal
loop diagram tries to explain and analyzes the efficiency of applying land value and its role in controlling land
use."