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Course Coordinator: Associate Professor: Ahmed Shetawy

Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny

Date: 8/6/2012

Course specifications of

Urban Planning Between Theory and Practice - UPL 601

University: Ain Shams Faculty: Engineering

Programme on which the course is given: Architecture (Urban Planning specialization)

Major or minor element of programme : N.A.

Department offering the programme : Department of Planning and Urban Design

Department offering the course: Department of Planning and Urban Design Academic year/ Level: Postgraduate (MSc / PhD)

Date of specification approval: 8/6/2012

A- Basic Information

Title: City Vision and Strategic Planning Code: UPL 601

Credit Hours: 3 hours Lecture: 2

Tutorial : 1 Practical: 0

Total: 3

B- Professional Information

1- Overall aims of course

By the end of the course the students will be able to:

Recognize the link between urban development planning and social justice.

Diagnose urban development planning challenges in relation to the notion of

public interest and planning methodology.

Differentiate between traditions and approaches of urban planning.

Evaluate the effect of socio- cultural, socio-political and socio-economic aspects

on the urban development process.

Assess the role of planners, the state and communities in the urban planning and

urban development process.

Applying different planning methodologies and analysis techniques.

Evaluate the urban planning process and methodology of worldwide case studies.

2- Intended learning outcomes of course (ILOs)

a. Knowledge and understanding

By the end of the course students will be able to:

a1- Identify the main challenges of urban planning in relation to social justice,

public interest and planning methodology.

a2- Recognize the ideology behind urban planning approaches

a3- Interprets the principles and methods of urban planning approaches.

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a4- Identify the role of planers, the state and urban communities in various urban

planning approaches.

a5- Outline the steps and procedures of different urban planning methodologies.

a6- Distinguish between urban planning approaches of worldwide case studies.

b. Intellectual skills


b1- Break down challenges of urban planning

b2- Deconstruct different approaches and methodologies of urban planning

b3- Compare the role of planners, the state and communities of different urban

planning approaches.

b4- Summarizes Worldwide case studies on different urban planning approaches

c. Professional and practical skills


c1- Evaluate tools and methods of urban planning approaches

c2- Assess the role of planer, state and communities in urban planning

approaches.

c3- Apply different urban planning methods and tools to urban development.

c4- Evaluate the impact of urban planning approaches in the context of Egyptian

and Worldwide case studies

d. General and transferable skills


d1- Communicate effectively with others.

d2- Present data and case studies

d3- Search for data.

3- Contents

No Course Content Lecture Tutorial Total

1 The origin and traditions of the planning

discipline 3 0 3

2 Challenges of urban development planning 3 0 3

3 Social justice in urban development planning 3 0 3

4

Planer as a controller or bargainer in the name

of rationality

Group discussion and work on case study

material

2 1 3

5 Participatory planner in the name of collective

self-determination

Group presentation of case study material

2 1 3

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6 Participatory planner in the name of equity

Group presentation of case study material 2 1 3

7 Revolutionary planner –politician in the name

of equality


2 1 3

8 Entrepreneurial planner manager in the name of

efficiency


2 1 3

9 Entrepreneurial planner manager in the name of

efficiency


2 1 3

10 Global cities, city vision and strategic planning


11 Global cities, city vision and strategic planning


12 Insurgent planner in the name of oppositional

practices


2 1 3

13

Confronting theory with practice: open

discussion on planning approaches to city

development, city vision and strategic planning


0 3 3

14


discussion on Challenging definitions of urban

governance: implications for urban policy,

planning and management in the 21st century


0 3 3

15 Confronting theory with practice: open

discussion on lessons learnt

Submission of final reports

0 3 3

Total 27 18 45

4- Assessment schedule

Assessment method No Description Week

No Weight (%)

Presentations 1 Assess practical , intellectual and

transferable skills and attitudes

5,6,7,8,9,

10, 11,

12, 13,14

25

Final Reports 2

Assess knowledge of course material

professional and intellectual and

transferable skills

15 15

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Final term

examination 3 Assess understanding, practical and

intellectual and transferable skills 16 60

Total 100 %

5- List of references

a. Course notes

-Developed by course instructors

b. Essential Readings

Albrechts L., 1991, “Changing Roles and Positions of Planners”, Urban Studies, Vol 25, No 1, pp. 123-

37

Beauregard R., 1996, Between Modernity and Post-modernity: The Ambiguous Position of U.S.

Planning, in S. Campbell and S. Fainstein (Eds.), Readings in Planning Theory, Blackwell

Publishers Ltd, UK, pp. 213-234

Cornwall A., 2002, “Locating Citizen Participation”, IDS Bulletin, Vol 33, No 2, pp. 49-58

Davidoff P., 1996, Advocacy and Pluralism in Planning, in S. Campbell and S. Fainstein (Eds.), Reading

in Planning Theory, Blackwell, pp. 305-22

Desai V., 1996, “Access to Power and Participation”, Third World Planning Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp.

217-42

Fainstein S. and Fainstein N., 1996, City Planning and Political Values: An Updated View, in S.

Campbell and S. Fainstein (Eds.), Readings in Planning Theory, Blackwell Publishers Ltd, UK,

pp. 265-88

Harvey D., 1996, On Planning the Ideology of Planning, in S. Campbell and S. Fainstein (Eds.), Readings

in Planning Theory, Blackwell Publishers Ltd, UK, pp. 176-98

Harvey D., 1988, “Social Justice and the City”, Blackwell, ISBN 0-631-16476-6, PP. 96-116

Healey P., 1996, Planning Through Debate: The Communicative Turn in Planning Theory, in S.

Campbell and S. Fainstein (Eds.), Reading in Planning Theory, Blackwell, pp. 234-57

Krumholz N. and Clavel P., 1994, Reinventing Cities: Equity Planners Tell Their Stories, Temple

University Press, Philadelphia, Chapter 1, Introduction: Professional Support for Equity Planning,

pp. 1-21

McDougall G., 1982, Theory and Practice: A Critique of the Political Economy Approach to Planning, in

P. Healey, G. McDougall and M. Thomas (Eds.), Planning Theory: Prospectus for the 1980s,

Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp. 258-71

Miltin D., Satterthwaite D. and Stephens C., 1996, “City Inequality”, Environment and Urbanisation, Vol

8, No 2, October, pp. 3-7

Moser C., 1989, Community Participation in Urban Projects in the Third World, Pergamon Press,

Oxford, Chapter 2, The Importance of Community Participation: Definitions and Counter

Definitions, pp. 81-9

Safier M., 2002, “Prospects and Retrospects: On Estimating ‘Room for Manoeuvre’, the ‘Metropolis

2000’ debate (1993) revisited, looking forward from 2002: Planning in the Era of Turbodynamic

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Globalisation, Neoliberal Structural Adjustment and Intensifying Cultural Conflict”, City, Vol 6,

No 1, pp. 117-32

Sandercock L., 1998, Towards Cosmopolis: Planning for Multicultural Cities, John Wiley and Sons Ltd,

England, Chapter 4: The Difference that Theory Makes, pp. 85-104

Sandercock L., 1998, The Death of Modernist Planning: Radical Praxis for a Postmodern Age, in M.

Douglass and Friedman (Eds.), Cities for Citizens: Planning and the Rise of Civil Society in a

Global Age, John Wiley and Sons, pp. 163-84

Visser G., 2001, “Social Justice, Integrated Development Planning and Post Apartheid Urban

Reconstruction”, Urban Studies, Vol. 38 No 10, pp: 1673-99

Young I., 1990, Justice and The Politics of Differences, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New

Jersey, Chapter 1-2

c. Recommended books

Ascher K., 2007, the Works: Anatomy of a City, Penguin USA

Duany A. et al, 2010, Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream,

North Point Press; 10th Anniversary Edition

Forester J., 2000, The Deliberative Practitioner: Encouraging Participatory Planning Process, the MIT

press, Cambridge, Mass and London England

Glaeser E., 2011, Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener,

Healthier, and Happier, the First Edition, Penguin Press HC

Hardoy J. and Satterthwaite D., 1997, Building the Future City, in J. Gugler (Ed.), Cities in the

Development World: Issues, Theories and Policy, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New

York, Chapter 17

Harvey D., 2012, Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution, Verso; 1 edition

Healey P., 1997, Collaborative Planning: Shaping Places in Fragmented Societies, Macmillan press Ltd,

London

Leavy J., 2010, Contemporary Urban Planning (9th Edition), Longman; 9 edition

Lindblom C., 1996, The Science of Muddling Through, in S. Campbell and S. Fainstein (Eds.), Reading

in Planning Theory, Blackwell, pp. 288-304

d. Periodicals, Web sites, … etc

www.rudi.net

www.scribd.com

6- Facilities required for teaching and learning

whiteboard

Data-Show

computer

Related software

http://www.rudi.net/

http://www.scribd.com/

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Course Content/ILO Matrix

Course

Content a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 c1 c2 c3 c4 d1 d2 d3

The origin and

traditions of

the planning

discipline

Challenges of

urban

development

planning

Social justice

in urban

development

planning

Planer as

controller or

bargainer in

the name of

rationality

Group

discussion and

work on case

study material

Participatory

planner in the

name of

collective self-

determination

Group

presentation of

case study

material

Participatory

planner in the

name of equity

Group

presentation of

case study

material

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Revolutionary

planner –

politician in

the name of

equality

Group

presentation of

case study

material

Entrepreneurial

planner

manager in the

name of

efficiency

Group

presentation of

case study

material

Entrepreneurial

planner

manager in the

name of

efficiency

Group

presentation of

case study

material

Global cities,

city vision and

strategic

planning

Group

presentation of

case study

material

Global cities,

city vision and

strategic

planning

Group

presentation of

case study

material

Insurgent

planner in the

name of

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oppositional

practices

Group

presentation of

case study

material

Confronting

theory with

practice: open

discussion on

planning

approaches to

city

development,

city vision and

strategic

planning

Group

presentation of

case study

material

Confronting

theory with

practice: open

discussion on

Challenging

definitions of

urban

governance:

implications

for urban

policy,

planning and

management in

the 21st century

Group

presentation of

case study

material

Confronting

theory with

practice: open

discussion on

lessons learnt

Submission of

final reports

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Learning Method /ILO Matrix

Course

Content

a

1

a

2

a

3

a

4

a

5

a

6

b

1

b

2

b

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b

4

c

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c

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c

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c

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d

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d

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d

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Lecture

Tutorial

Assessment Methods /ILO Matrix

Assessment a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 c1 c2 c3 c4 d1 d2 d3

Presentations:

assess

practical ,

intellectual

and

transferable

skills and

attitudes

Final reports:

assess

knowledge of

course

material

professional

and

intellectual

and

transferable

skills

Final Term

Examination:

assess

understanding,

practical and

intellectual

and

transferable

skills

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Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Youhansen Y. Eid

Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny

Date: 8/6/2012


Quantitative Analysis – UPL (603)





Department offering the course: Department of Planning and Urban Design Academic year/ Level: Postgraduate MSc..

Date of specification approval: 8-6-2012


Title: Quantitative Analysis Code: UPL (603)


Tutorial : - Practical: 0

Total: 3

B- Professional Information 1- Overall aims of course

The purpose this course is to introduce students to the main concepts of quantitative analysis and

the applications of statistical analysis in the field of urban planning. During the course, students

will understand the main concepts of statistical analysis and will be able to select the appropriate

methods that should be used in different planning situations. Students will learn how to compute

different statistical procedures, which will enhance their skills in the use of computer programs

and statistical packages (EXCELL- SPSS). Finally students will study different demographic

terms and calculations.



Upon the successful completion of the course students should be able to:

a-1 Discuss the relevance, importance and meaning of statistical analysis in urban planning

a-2 Define statistical terms: variables- observations- mean- median- standard deviation..etc

a-3 Explain the meaning and concepts of statistical procedures (Central tendency – variance)

a-4 Write the equations of the statistical calculations: mean- standard deviation - correlation

a-5 Mention the different steps for the different statistical operations

a-6 Identify the meaning and concepts of demography and demographic calculations



b-1 Differentiate between the different types of variables, data sets and matrices

b-2 Select the appropriate statistical method to be applied in different planning situations

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b-3 Distinguish between the application of different quantitative methods (correlation and

regression – cluster and factor analysis)

b-4 Compare between the procedures, variables, structure and steps of statistical operations

b-5 Interpret the results of the different procedures

b-6 Identify variables for any required procedure (from given information)



c-1 Calculate the required statistical terms: Mean – standard deviation- variance- correlation..etc

c-2 Use computer programs to conduct statistical procedures

c-3 Construct data sets, tables, matrices from given data

c-4 Compose a research study using appropriate statistical methods



d-1 Communicate effectively

d-2 Use statistical packages to develop both theoretical and professional skills

d-3 Prepare a presentation using computer programs in a presentation

d-4 Use different resources to appropriate knowledge and data collection

d-5 Evaluate their performance and other's

d-6 Work effectively in a team and lead others.

3- Contents


1 Introduction to Statistical Analysis 3 0 3

2 Observations and Variables 3 0 3

3 Frequency distribution (definitions-concepts-examples) 3 0 3

4 Frequency distribution: Applications 2 2 3

5 Central Tendency (Mean – Mode – Median) 2 2 3

6 The Variance – Standard deviation 2 2 3

7 Standardization 2 2 3

8 Correlation Analysis (interpretation–calculation) 3 0 3

9 Correlation Analysis: Applications – Correlation Matrix 2 2 3

10 Regression 3 2 4

11 Cluster Analysis 3 2 4

12 Factor Analysis 3 2 4

13 Demographic Analysis 3 -- 3

14 Demographic Analysis 3 3

Total 37 16 45

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4- Teaching and Learning Methods

4.1- Lectures to fulfill outcomes a-1, a-2, a-3, a-5, a-6, b-1, b-2, b-5, b-6, c-1, c-4, d-1

4.2- Research to fulfill outcomes a-1, a-3, a-6, b-1, b-2, b-3, b-4, b-5, b-6, c-4, d-1, d-3, d-4, d-6

4.3- Presentation to fulfill outcomes a-3, b-2, b-3, b-4, b-5, c-2, d-1, d-2, d-3,d-4, d-5, d-6

4.4- Assignments to fulfill outcomes a-3, a-4, a-5, b-1, b-3, b-4, c-1, c-2, c-3, d-1, d-5

4.5- Class discussions to fulfill outcomes a-1, a-2, a-3, b-1, b-2, b-3, b-4, b-5, b-7, c-3,c-4, d-1, d-5


Assessment

method To Assess Week No

Weight

(%)

1 Assignments Knowledge, Understanding, Practical skills

Outcomes: a-3, a-4, a-5,b-1, b-3, b-4, c-1, c-2, c-3, d-5 2,4,6,7 8

2 Presentations Intellectual, Practical and General Skills

b-2, b-3, b-4, b-5, c-2, d-1, d-2, d-3, d-5, d-6 9,10,11,12 10

3 Midterm Exam Knowledge, Understanding, Intellectual, Practical Skills

a-1, a-2, a-3 b-1,b-2, b-6, c-1, c-2, c-3, 8 12

4 Research Intellectual, Practical and General Skills

a-6, b-1, b-2, b-3, b-4, b-5, b-6, c-4,d-1, d-3, d-4,d-5 14 10

5 Final Exam Knowledge, Understanding, Intellectual, Practical Skills

a-1..a-6, b-1, b-2, b-3, b-4, b-5, b-6, c-1, c-2, c-3, c-4,d2 15 60

Total 100


a. Course notes

- Students should take notes during lectures and presentations

b. Essential books (text books)

- ---- ---- ----


- Kachigan, S., 1986, Statistical Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Introduction to Univariate and

Multivariate Methods. . N.Y. USA: Radius Press

- Jaccard, J., Becker, M., 1997. Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. USA. Brooks/Cole

Publishing Company, 3rd

Edition.

Periodicals, Web sites, … etc

- ---- ---- ----


Lecture Hall, Data show, Computer.

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Course Content/ILOs Matrix

Course Content Knowledge and

Understanding

Intellectual Skills Practical Skills General

a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 c1 c2 c3 c4 d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 d6

Introduction to Statistical Analysis x x x x Observations and Variables x x x x x x Frequency Distribution x x x x x Frequency Distribution Application x x x x x x x Central Tendency: Mean Mode Median x x x x x x x x x x x x The Variance – Standard deviation x x x x x x x x x Standardization x x x x x x x x x x

Correlation Analysis (interpretation–calculation) x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Correlation Applications – Correlation Matrix x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Regression Analysis x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Cluster Analysis x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Factor Analysis x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Demographic Analysis x x x x x x x x x

Demographic Analysis x x x x x x x x x x x

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Learning Method/ILOs Matrix

Assessment Method/ILOs Matrix

Knowledge and

Understanding



Lectures x x x x x x x x x x x x x Research x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Presentations x x x x x x x x x x x x Assignments x x x x x x x x x x x Class

Discussions x x x x x x x x x x x x

Knowledge and

Understanding



Assignments x x x x x x x x x x x Presentation x x x x x x x x x x x x Midterm Exam x x x x x x x x x Research x x x x x x x x x x x x Final Exam x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

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Course Coordinator: Dr. Abeer El Shater

Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny

Date: 8/6/2012


Contemporary Theories in Urban Design - UPL 605


Program on which the course is given: Architecture and Urban Planning specialization

Major or minor element of program : N.A.

Department offering the program : Department of Planning and Urban Design

Department offering the course: Department of Planning and Urban Design

Academic Level: Postgraduate MSc.



Title: Contemporary Theories in Urban

Design

Code: UPL 650

Credit Hours: 3 hours

Total Lectures: 3 hours /week

Tutorial

(Practical/Discussions):

0

Total: 3 hours /week


1- Overall aims of the course

By the end of the course the student will be able to:

Demonstrate the application of methods and techniques of urban design.

Differentiate between the urban design and its area of work through the practical field of

urban planning, urban design and architecture,

Demonstrate the social- cultural- economic aspects in the society; culture, heritage,

values, meaning, and symbols, and study its effects on the design decision of any urban

theory.

Assist in developing skills and techniques in the field of Urban design.

Distinguish the skills of the research tools, and the tools of research methodology; data

gathering, analysis, and documentation.

Mange the determination of the problems, and create tools to solve the problems in the

field of urban design, urban conservation and preservation.

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Assess the urban documentation by using the different methods; reports will

supplementary material, which may include.

Communicate effectively with others.

Use other technical tools to represent his work i.e. Micro Soft office, GIS, Adop

Photoshop Program…etc.

Gather the information.

Make a decision in accordance the available resource.

Act to reflect the commitment to integrity, credibility, and the role of the profession.

2- Intended Learning Outcomes of Course (ILOs)

1) Knowledge and Understanding

By the end of the course the student should:

a1- Enumerate the area of urban design related to the other specialization in

architecture according to the main theme in urban design philosophy.

a2- Define the pioneers and avant guard architect of urban design as a field of

practice, their literature review and date of publication.

a3- Explain the new/contemporary theories and approaches in urban design field

taking into account other interconnected branches of science.

a4- Outline the mutual impact between the theoretical approaches and applied

ones.

a5- Discuss the historical background of a certain theory and its cognitive context

in addition to its association with other scientific theories in areas of

specialization field.

a6- Discuss the literature review of the national and international cases study in

relation to the applications of the theory and approach.

2) Intellectual and Comprehensive Skills

By the end of the course student should be able to:

b1- Elect some theories; the most repressed paradigm of urban design, which

covers the dimension of urban design.

b2- Select a certain case study within the level and scale of an urban design field

clarify each theory and approach, taking into consideration main issue

adequately the problem of urban reality.

b3- Identify main principles of each theories in order to solve detective problems.

b4- Discuss the problems in certain case studies by using the principles of urban

design theories.

b5- Appraise solution to the problem statements.

b6- Select methodology to develop a practical approach to solve difficult through

other reports and papers.

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3) Professional and Practical Skills

By the end of the course the student should develop the following capabilities and

skills in:

c1- Prepare scientific paper taking in account research methods and technique.

c2- Applying the research tools and research methods which used in urban

design researches upon case study.

c3- Analyzing the theory and approach over certain Egyptian case study.

c4- Explore problems in the case study.

c5- Conclude the main principles of the selected theory and approach.

c6- Critiquing the strength and weakness aspects related to real case study.

c7- Debate the end product of each theory.

d. General and Transferable Skills

By the end of the course the student must be able to:

d1- Follow the regulations of the scientific research.


d3- Use common techniques and tools to represent his work

d4- Retrieve information and organizing collecting data.

d5- self-evaluation through the research process

3- Course Contents/Course Outlines

Week

No. Course Content Lecture Dissection Total

1 First,: a.) Preface, b.) What is this course about?,

c.) Course Description, d.) Course Syllabus;

Course aim, Course outcomes, grades, Course

Outlines, References, e.) Urban Design

Compendium, f.) g.) Independent theme, h.)

Important writers, i.) Course contents, j.)

Framework, k.) Applied work. Second:

Introduction: a.) What is The urban design, b.)

The relationships between urban design and

other specialized, c.) urban design concepts, d.)

The role of urban designer in development.

3 0 3

2 Identifying Topic (Abstract)

Scope of work; paradigm, theories and

approaches. the pioneers and avant guard

architect of urban design as a field of practice:

their literature review and date of publication.

taking into consideration urban design scopes,

2 1 3

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3 Case study Selection, Typology & Morphology:

types, functions, events, characteristics,

performance, shape, form and formation.

Perception of spaces: scales, size, urban pattern

values and behavior.

2 1 3

4 Theories in the field related the topic which

select, taking into consideration urban design

scopes.

1 2 3


select

1 2 3


select

1 2


select

1 2 3

8 Applied Approaches for selected theories 1 2 3



11 Applications of theories or approaches 1 2 3

12 Applications of theories or approaches Paper

Presentation and Discussion

1 2 3

13 Case study: Political, Social and Economic

context

Reading Assignment:

0 3 3

14 Pre- Final Paper Presentation and Discussion 0 3 3

15 Final Paper Presentation and Discussion 0 3 3

Total 16 29 45

4- Assessment Schedule

Assessment

Method No Description Week No. Weight (%)

Presentations 3 Assess practical , intellectual skills and

attitudes 8 , 11,13 10

Final and Pre

Final Report 2


professional and intellectual skills 14,15 10

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Final Term


intellectual skills <15 60

Total 100 %

5- List of References

1) Course Notes

Submission must be a periodical technical presentation.

Final submission is written paper and technical presentation.

The student has to report his own work through the current academic course,

The report should be printed report or soft copy.

The discussion and students' participants are very essential.

The evaluations are internal periodical assessments.

Student grades are available and posted in the class.

Individual work or group work are allowed.

2) Essential Books (Text Books)

1) Brolin, Brent, “Architecture in Context. Fitting New Buildings with Old”,

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. N.Y. USA. (1980).

2) Carmona, Matthew and Steve Tiesdel, Urban Design Reader, Architectural

Press is an imprint of Elsevier, 2007.

3) Christopher, Alexander, “Pattern Language”, N.Y.Oxford University Press.

(1977)

4) Alexander, C A , "New Theory of Urban Design ,New York, Oxford

University Press, 1987

5) Dobbins, M.,“Urban Design & People”, John Willy and Sons, 2009.

6) Gosling, David, “Architectural of Urban Design Profile”, London. AD.

Pub.Ltd. (1984)

7) Hillier ,Bill, Space is the machine: a configurational theory of architecture,

U.K., Press Syndicateof the University of Cambridge electroniac edd. (2007).

8) Lynch, Kevin, “Good City Form”, MIT Press, Harcourt. Brase and World

(1981).

9) Roger L. Trancik, "Finding Lost Space, Theories of Urban Design", (1966).

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10) John Chase, Margaret Crawford, and John Kaliski, "Everyday Urbanism",

New York : Monacelli Press, 1999

11) Lang, Jon URBAN DESIGN : A TYPOLOGY OF PROCEDURES AND

PRODUCTS, Illustrated with over 50 Case Studies, The Master in Urban

Development and Design Program University of New South Wales, Sydney,

Australia, (2005),

12) Norberg-Schulz, Christian, Genius Loci: Toward a Phenology of architecture,

London, Accedy Press, 1980.

.

13) Relevant Books

Appleyard, D, "Livable Streets, Berkley, CA, University of California Press,

1981.

Carmona, Matthew and Steve Tiesdel, Urban Design Reader, Architectural Press

is an imprint of Elsevier, 2007.

Watson, D, and Other, "Time-Saver For Urban Design", by The McGraw-Hill

Companies, Inc., 2003.

Panerai, P," , Urban Forms: The Death and Life of urban Forms", ARCHITECTURAL

PRESS, 2004.

14) Periodicals, Web Sites, … etc

www.rudi.net

www.scribd.com

www.balaqh.com www.urbandesign.org

6- Facilities Required for Teaching and Learning

Wight board in lectures and discussion.

Overhead Reports and Thesis in lectures

Data-Shows in lectures


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Final Report

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examination

1

Course Coordinator: Dr. Samah El Khateeb


Date: 8/6/2012


Eco Urban Design – UPL (606)





Department offering the course: Department of Planning and Urban Design Academic year/ Level: Postgraduate PhD.



Title: Eco- Urban Design Code: UPL (606)



Total: 3



o Enable Student the opportunity to study many aspects of the Environment from

an urban design perspective.

o Understand the relation between human behavior and needs and the visual and

physical form of Urban Environment.

o Explore the influence and potential of sustainable process on urban form.

o Understand the concepts of heat transfer in building systems.

o Learn new techniques of ventilation and indoor air quality, passive and active

heating, and cooling and ventilation systems.

o Understand how global and local environmental problems impact urban design.

.



A1- Define the different components of environment: the natural environment, the socio

– economic environment and the built environment

A2- State the importance of natural capital and ecosystem services as a basis for

achieving enduring social and economic progress

A3- Explain the current environmental problems worldwide that leads to think on

sustainability and sustainable urban development.

A4- Understand methods new techniques of ventilation and indoor air quality, passive

and active heating, and cooling and ventilation systems

A5- Recognize the role of sitting an environmental guideline in the urban design level.

A6- Discuss the international experience in the field of sustainable settlements.

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b1-Discover the importance of resource management in preserving the environment

b2- Analyze the components of the environment in terms of natural, socio- economic

and built environmental components.

b3- Differentiate between the different types of potential impact resulted from

proposed actions.


c1- Asses existing conditions of environmental to draw the base environmental line of

the area before any contribution.

c2- Propose adequate sustainability measurements and indicators that help in better

standing the environment and achieve the aims of sustainability.

c3- Evaluate the existing situation of any urban design project from environmental

perspective and ranking it.


d1- Search for data using Internet explorer

d2- Prepare presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint

d3- Reading selected books and present them.

3- Contents

No Course Content Lecture Discussion Total

1 Basic definitions and concepts of relationship

between Environment and Development

2 1 3

2 The relation between human behavior and

needs and the visual and physical form of

Urban Environment

2 1 3

3 Environment Deterioration, Conservation and

Sustainable Development

2 1 3

4 Introduction to Environmental rating system 2 1 3

5 How to minimize the impacts of building on

the environment (methods & techniques) 2 1 3

6 Egypt Towards a model of sustainable urban

design: principles & elements

2 1 3

7 Heat transfer in building system 2 1 3

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8 Ventilation and indoor air quality 2 1 3

9 Sustainability indicators 2 1 3

10 Passive & active heating 2 1 3

11 Renewable energy 2 1 3

12 Global & local environmental problems impact

urban design

2 1 3

13 Environmental aspects from building scale to

urban scale

2 1 3

14 Examples of Eco Urban design 2 1 3

15 Examples of Eco Urban design 2 1 3

Total 30 15 45



No Weight (%)

Mid-term

Presentations 1

Introduce different concepts related to

sustainability, such as Sustainable

Development, rating system, mobility,

green areas, Towards a model of

sustainable urban design: principles &

elements and sustainable cities and

indicators.

5,6 10

Final Presentations 2

Analyze different sustainable cities

examples and identify the strengths and

weaknesses in each .

11, 12 25

Attendance and

discussion in class 3 5

Final term


intellectual skills 14 60

Total 100 %


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a. Course notes

-Developed by course instructor


Mike Jenks and Nicola Dempsey, Future Forms and Design for Sustainable Cities,

Architecture press, 2005.


- Salder, B., 1999. a framework for environmental, sustainability assessment and assurance:

Oxford: Blackwell.

- Eric Freyfogle, Why Conservation Is Failing and How It Can Regain Ground (Yale

University Press, 2006)

- Strong, Steven and Ingemann, Hugo (2003). Solar Electric Building, Photovoltaic: Ideal

Solution for a Sustainable Future, in Architecture +, Vol. 03, 2003.


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Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2

Basic definitions and

concepts of

relationship between

Environment and

Development

Environment

Deterioration,

Conservation and

Sustainable

Development

Environmental rating

system

Egy Towards a model

of sustainable urban

design: principles &

elements

Sustainability

indicators

Renewable energy

1



Date: 8/6/2012



Lecture

Tutorial


Assessment a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2

Presentations : Assess

practical, intellectual

skills and attitudes

Final report: Assess

knowledge of course

material and

intellectual skills

Final term examination

:Assess understanding,

practical and

intellectual skills

Landscape & open

areas

Analysis of different

examples of

sustainable areas

1

Course Coordinator: Dr. Dina Dief-Allah


Date: / /


Urban Conservation - UPL 607






Date of specification approval: ………..


Title: Urban Conservation Code: UPL 607



Total: 3




Recognize the history and theory of urban conservation.

Diagnose the operational guidelines and methodology of contemporary urban

conservation practice and heritage management.

Assess the ideologies underpinning urban conservation.

Relate conservation ideologies and principles of urban conservation practice that

have developed and expressed in national and international charters.

Identify different heritage resources.

Assess the significance of urban heritage resources.

Evaluate urban conservation approaches and methodologies of worldwide case

studies.




a1- Identify the range of terms and definitions related to urban conservation.

a2- Recognize the main international bodies involved in urban conservation.

a3- Pinpoint the ideologies behind urban conservation approaches.

a4- Interprets the principles and methods of conservation and heritage

management.

1



Date: / /

a5- Identify the role of planners, the state and urban communities in various urban

conservation approaches.

a6- Distinguish between urban conservation approaches of worldwide case studies.



b1- Break down challenges of urban conservation.

b2- Deconstruct different approaches and methodologies of urban conservation.

b3- Compare the role of planners, the state and communities of different urban


b4- Summarizes worldwide case studies on different urban conservation

approaches.



c1- Analyze urban conservation approaches.

c2- Assess the role of planner, state and communities within different urban


c3- Evaluate the impact of urban conservation approaches in the context of

Egyptian and Worldwide case studies.





d3- Work in groups.

3- Contents


1

Course layout, syllabus.

-Understanding Urban conservation:

Definitions and terms related.

3 0 3

2

The origin and historic background of Urban

Conservation.

-International bodies involved in urban

conservation

3 0 3

3 -Levels of Conservation

- Urban conservation approaches/ideologies 3 0 3

4 Classification of Urban heritage 3 0 3

1



Date: / /

5 Building in Context: Strategies for

development in heritage areas. 3 0 3

6 Challenges of urban conservation: Urban

development & Conservation 3 0 3

7

Challenges of urban conservation: Tourism

and urban conservation

-Group discussion and work on case study

material

2 1 3

8 Challenges of urban conservation: Local

communities and urban conservation


2 1 3

9

Impact of international context on Urban

Conservation: Globalization and local identities

and culture


2 1 3

10 Impact on national political, economic and

social context on Urban conservation practice. 3 0 3

11 Impact on national political, economic and

social context on Urban conservation practice:

Case study presentation material

3 0 3

12

-Confronting theory with practice: open

discussion on dimensions of Globalization

challenging local heritage and communities.

-Group presentation of case study material

0 3 3

13


discussion on conflicts arising urban

development and urban conservation practice.


0 3 3

14


discussion on different roles of planners, state

and communities in relation to different urban



0 3 3

15


discussion on lessons learnt

Submission of final reports 0 3 3

Total 30 15 45


1



Date: / /


No Weight (%)



7,8,9,

12,13,14 25

Final Reports 2



transferable skills

15 15

Final term



Total 100 %


a. Course notes



Cidre, E., 2003,“Planning for conservation in Portugal-a thorny research problem, PhD workshop.

Ebbe. K., 2009, “Infrastructure and Heritage Conservation: Opportunities for Urban Revitalization and

Economic Development”, Cultural Heritage and sustainable Tourism Thematic Group, the World

Bank

El-kadi, G., 2000, “HERCOMANES: Heritage Conservation and Management in Egypt and Syria”,

retrieved from http://www.hercomanes.com

Landorf, C., 2007, “Striking a balance: Cultural tourism and the sustainable management of complex

heritage sites”, 10th US-ICOMOS International SymposiumBalancing Culture, Conservation and

Economic Development: Heritage Tourism in and around the Pacific Rim18-21 April, 2007 in

San Francisco, California

Mitra, V., 2009, “Conservation of the urban Identity: parts1-4”, retrieved from

http://www.sramanamitra.com/2009/11/01/conservation-of-the-urban-identity/

Nasser, N., 2003, “Planning for Urban Heritage Places:Reconciling Conservation, Tourism and

Sustainable Development”, Journal of Planning literature, Vol.17, no. 4, pp.267-279

Ouf, A., 2002, Community Development Projects in older City Districts: User Participation Mechanism

in Egypt, IDRP,vol.24,no.3

Pereira H. N. 2007. Contemporary trends in conservation: culturalization, significance and sustainability.

City & Time 3 (2): 2.

[online] URL: http://www.ct.ceci-br.org

Rypkema, D., 2005, Globalization, urban heritage and the 21st century economy, Global Urban

development magazine, vol.1, no.1

Strange, I., 1997, “ Planning for change, conserving the past: towards sustainable development policy in

historic cities”, Cities,vol. 14, no. 4 , pp.227-233

Stewart, D., 2003, Heritage Planning in Cairo:Multiple Heritage in a Mega-city, IDPR, vol.25, pp.129-

152

http://www.hercomanes.com/

http://www.sramanamitra.com/2009/11/01/conservation-of-the-urban-identity/

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Date: / /

Yuen, B., 2003, Strengthening urban heritage in Singapore: Building economic competitiveness and civic

identity, Global Urban development Magazine, vol. 85, no.1,

Zancheti M. and JokilehtoJ., 1997, “Values of and Urban Planning: Some reflections on Principles and

Definitions”, Journal of Architectural Conservation, vol.3

Recommended books

Ashworth, G., 1990, “Can Places be sold for Tourism?”in Ashworth, G., Larkham P., (eds), Marketing

Tourim Places, Routledge, London.

Larkham, P., 1996, Conservation and the City, Routledge, London.

Warren, J, etal, 1998 , Context: New Buildings in historic settings, Architectural Press, UK.

c. Periodicals, Web sites, … etc

www.rudi.net

www.scribd.com www.ICOMOS.org

http://whc.unesco.org/


whiteboard

Data-Show

computer

Related software


Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2 d3

1- Course layout,

syllabus.

-Understanding

Urban conservation:

Definitions and terms

related.

2- The origin and

historic background

of Urban

Conservation.

-International bodies

involved in urban

conservation

3- Levels of

Conservation

- Urban conservation



http://www.icomos.org/

http://whc.unesco.org/

1



Date: / /

approaches/ideologies

4- Classification of

Urban heritage

5 -Building in

Context: Strategies

for development in

heritage areas.

6 -Challenges of

urban conservation:

Urban development

& Conservation

7- Challenges of

urban conservation:

Tourism and urban

conservation

-Group discussion

and work on case

study material

8-Challenges of urban

conservation: Local

communities and

urban conservation

Group presentation of

case study material

9- Impact of

international context

on Urban

Conservation:

Globalization and

local identities and

culture

Group presentation of

case study material

10 -Impact on

national political,

economic and social

context on Urban

conservation practice.

11- Impact on

national political,

economic and social

context on Urban

conservation practice:

Case study

presentation material

1



Date: / /

12 -Confronting

theory with practice:

open discussion on

dimensions of

Globalization

challenging local

heritage and

communities.

-Group presentation

of case study material

13- Confronting


open discussion on

conflicts arising

urban development

and urban

conservation practice.

-Group presentation


14-Confronting


open discussion on

different roles of

planners, state and

communities in

relation to different

urban conservation

approaches.

-Group presentation


15- Confronting


open discussion on

lessons learnt

Submission of final

reports


Course a 1 a 2 a 3 a 4 a 5 a 6 b 1 b 2 b 3 b 4 c 1 c 2 c 3 d 1 d 2 d 3

1



Date: / /

Content

Lecture

Tutorial


Assessment a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2 d3

Presentations:

assess

practical ,

intellectual

and

transferable

skills and

attitudes

Final reports:

assess

knowledge of

course

material

professional

and

intellectual

and

transferable

skills

Final Term

Examination:

assess

understanding,

practical and

intellectual

and

transferable

skills

1

Course Coordinator: Dr. Marwa A. Khalifa


Date: 8/6/2012


Environmental Impact Assessment – UPL (608) 2012/2013


Programme on which the course is given: Master of Science in Engineering (M.Sc.) in Urban

Planning



Department offering the course: Department of Planning and Urban Design Academic year/ Level: Postgraduate M.Sc. & PhD



Title: Environmental Impact Assessment Code: UPL (608)



Total: 3



Understand key linkages between disasters, environment and disaster risk reduction

Employ various tools of disaster risk and vulnerability assessment

Gain insight into and a level of understanding of the origin and evolution of the

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process

Explore key aspects of the EIA process and review selected methodologies designed to

identify potential impacts;

Understand the relationship between planning and EIA and its implementation in Egypt

.



A1- Understand key linkages between disasters, environment and disaster risk reduction

A2- Identify various tools of disaster risk and vulnerability assessment



A4- Explain the origins and development of EIA and critically review the EIA process,

explaining the different stages and types of activity involved ;

A5- Select appropriate impact identification methods and prediction techniques for use

within the EIA process;

A6- Recognize the role of the EIA in the planning process within the Egyptian Context

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b1-Discover the importance of resource management in preserving the environment

b2- Develop critical thinking about different types of vulnerability reduction

measures.

b3- Differentiate between actions of pre-disaster risk reduction and post disaster

recovery

b4- Differentiate between the different types of potential impact resulted from

proposed actions.


c1- Asses existing conditions of environmental settings in which the proposed action

is to take place (base-line information(

c2- Propose adequate mitigation measures to avoid, reduce or remedy potential

negative impact resulted from development activities in urban projects

c3- Evaluate the applications of EIA process in different contexts




3- Contents


1 Introduction to the course

Understanding disaster risk

3 0 3

2 Global disaster trends and DRR Actors and

actions

3 0 3

3 Pre & post disaster measures: preparedness,

prevention, relief, recovery and

reconstruction

3 0 3

4 Disaster prevention: Data and tools for

vulnerability assessments

3 3 3

5 Students' presentation: Disasters in Egypt

and the types of adopted mitigation, trends

and dates, actors and actions

0 3 3

6 Students' presentation: Disasters in Egypt

and the types of adopted mitigation, trends

and dates, actors and actions

0 3 3

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7 Spatial planning for disaster risk reduction 3 0 3

8 EIA Basics and Principles 3 0 3

9 EIA Process and Procedures 3 0 3

10 Methods of Impact Identification 3 0 3

11 Assessment Techniques 3 0 3

12 EIA in Egypt 3 0 3

13 Students' presentations: Analysis of

different examples of EIA studies

0 3 3

14 Students' presentations: Analysis of

different examples of EIA studies

0 3 3

15 Wrap up and course review 3 0 3

Total 33 12 45



No Weight (%)

Oral Presentations &

report 1

Analyze disasters in Egypt and the types

of adopted mitigation, trends and dates,

actors and actions

5,6 20

Oral Presentations &

report 2

Analyze different EIA cases and identify

the strengths and weaknesses in each with

respect to the principles of the preparation

of EIA studies

13,14 20

Final term


intellectual skills - 60

Total 100 %


a. Course notes



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- Glasson, J., Therivel, R. and Chadwick, A. (1994), Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment: Principles and procedures, process, practice and prospects, UCL Press.)

- IPCC. 2012. IPCC Special Report on Extreme Events, Summary for Policymakers. 29. Geneva: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change First Joint Session of Working Groups I and II

- http://ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/

- Kaule, Giselher (2000), Ecologically Oriented Planning, Peter Lang GmbH.

- RICS. 2009. The Built Environment Professions in Disaster Risk Reduction and Response. A guide for humanitarian agencies. London.

- UN/ISDR. 2009. Global Assessment Report. 189. Geneva, Switzerland: International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

- UN/ISDR. 2011. Global Assessment Report. 178. Geneva: UN/ISDR. www.preventionweb.org

- Wiesner, D., (1995), EIA the environmental impact assessment process: What it is and what it means to you. A manual for everyone concerned about the environment and decisions made about its development, Prism Press.


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Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2

Introduction to the

course

Understanding

disaster risk

Global disaster

trends and DRR

Actors and actions

Pre & post disaster

measures:

preparedness,

prevention, relief,

recovery and

reconstruction

Disaster

prevention: Data

and tools for

vulnerability

http://ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/



http://www.preventionweb.org/

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assessments

Students'

presentation:

Disasters in Egypt

and the types of

adopted mitigation,

trends and dates,

actors and actions

Students'

presentation:

Disasters in Egypt

and the types of

adopted mitigation,

trends and dates,

actors and actions

Spatial planning

for disaster risk

reduction

EIA Basics and

Principles

EIA Process and

Procedures

Methods of Impact

Identification

Assessment

Techniques

EIA in Egypt

Students'

presentations:

Analysis of

different examples

of EIA studies

Students'

presentations:

Analysis of

different examples

of EIA studies

1



Date: 8/6/2012


Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2

Lecture

Tutorial


Assessment a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2

Analyze disasters

in Egypt and the

types of adopted

mitigation, trends

and dates, actors

and actions

Analyze different

EIA cases and

identify the

strengths and

weaknesses in each

with respect to the

principles of the

preparation of EIA

studies

Assess

understanding,

practical and

intellectual skills

Wrap up and

course review

1

Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Baki


Date: 8/6/2012


Sustainable Urban Development – UPL (610) 2012/2013





Department offering the course: Department of Planning and Urban Design Academic year/ Level: Postgraduate Msc



Title: Sustainable Urban Development Code: UPL (610)



Total: 3



•Gain insight into and a level of understanding of the origin and evolution of the

Sustainable Urban Development

•Explore key aspects of the Sustainable Urban Development

•Understand the relationship between environment and Urban Development of existing

or new urban areas and its implementation in Egypt

•Introduce a proposed project related to Sustainable Urban Development in Egypt

.



A1- Define the different components of Sustainable Urban Development: site analysis,

urban fabric, infrastructure and services

A2- State the importance of reflecting the environmental aspects and green planning on

the Sustainable Urban Development

A3- Explain the needs for applying Sustainable Urban Development in new and existing

areas

A4- Select appropriate urban fabric and predict techniques for use in Sustainable

Development

A5- Recognize the role of Sustainable Development by improving the quality of life in

Egypt

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Date: 8/6/2012


b1-Discover the importance of Sustainable Development in preserving the

environment

b2-Analyze the components of the Sustainable Urban Development in terms of socio-

economic, physical & administration

b3-Differentiate between the different sites locations and its impact on Urban

Development


c1- Asses existing conditions of site settings in which the proposed urban planning

action is to take place

c2- Propose adequate mitigation measures to avoid or reduce negative impact of

urbanization resulted from development activities in urban projects

c3- Evaluate the applications of Sustainability in different sites



d2- Prepare presentations and drawings using any appropriate tools

3- Contents


1 Basic definitions and concepts of Sustainable

Urban Development 2 0 2

2 Site analysis for Sustainable Development 2 0 2

3 Urban Fabric & Configuration 2 1 3

4 Services and Infrastructure in Sustainable

Development 2 1 3

5 Landscape in Sustainable Development 2 0 2

6 Environmental impact on Sustainable

Development 4 0 4

7 Project Proposal on both : Urban and

Architectural level 0 14 14

Total 14 16 30

1



Date: 8/6/2012



No Weight (%)

Attendance and


Ongoing

Presentations 2

Analyze different Projects and identify the

strengths and weakness ……. 30

Final Project

Presentations 3 Assess understanding, practical and

intellectual skills

11 – 12

13 - 14 30

Total 100 %


a. Course notes



االسس والمعايير التخطيطية والتصميمية للمجتمعات العمرانية فى جنوب الوادى

المركز القومى لبحوث االسكان والبناء

6002ديسمبر –التقرير النهائى


to be advised


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Lecture Hall, Data show, Computer


Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 b1 b2 b3 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2

Basic definitions and

concepts of

Sustainable Urban

Development

Site analysis for

Sustainable

Development

Urban Fabric &

Configuration

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Lecture

Project


Assessment a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 b1 b2 b3 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2

Ongoing Presentations

Final Project

Presentations

Services and

Infrastructure in

Sustainable

Development

Landscape in

Sustainable

Development

Environmental impact

on Sustainable

Development

Project Proposal on

both : Urban and

Architectural level

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Urban Upgrading of Informal Areas – UPL (611) 2012/2013



Planning



Department offering the course: Department of Planning and Urban Design Academic year/ Level: Postgraduate M.Sc. and PhD.



Title: Urban Upgrading of Informal Areas Code: UPL (611)



Total: 3



Get insight on non-traditional concepts and approaches to dealing with informal areas. The

course provides a methodology for classifying informal settlements and their typologies. It

discusses the reasons that lead to such a huge percentage of informal settlements and how to

analyze its growth and suggests ways of dealing with, as an attempt to control unplanned

growth. The course reviews techniques and advantages of upgrading.



A1- Identify the urban challenges that lead to the emergence and expansion of informal

settlements

A2- Perceive the main characteristics of informal settlements from different points of

view: physical, social ,economic and visual aspects

A3- Deal with field survey

A4- Conduct significant and meaningful discussions and deductions

A5- Learn different strategies for upgrading the informal areas


b1- Define and classify the informal areas

b2- Differentiate between unsafe areas and unplanned areas

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b3- Analyze the conditions of the informal areas

b4- Suggest logic solutions for the upgrading of informal areas


c1- Conduct field survey and observation in site

c2- hold discussions

c3- Use the computer skills to prepare good and clear presentations



d2- communication skills

d3- Work in groups (Teamwork)

3- Contents


1 Introduction to the course

Lecture 1: Urbanization and urban

challenges in Egypt

3 0 3

2 Lecture 2: Slums (Ashwai’yaat) Profile in

Egypt

3 0 3

3 Introduction to student project: selection of

the required type of informal settlement by

each group of students

3 0 3

4 First Assessment: students’ presentation

Identification of current situation by each

group

0 3 3

5 Follow up student project 1 2 3

6 Lecture 3: A newer approach - unplanned

versus unsafe areas: Methodology and key

findings of ISDF survey

3 0 3

7 Follow up student project – stakeholders’

analysis

1 2 3

8 Lecture 4: How to deal with informal

settlements

3 0 3

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9 Lecture 5: Best practice of slum upgrading

projects

3 0 3

10 Second Assessment: students’ presentation

Best Practices in slum upgrading using

different approaches

0 3 3

11 Continuation of second assessment 0 3 3

12 Role Play 0 3 3

13 Third Assessment: students’ presentation

Presentation of slum upgrading vision and

strategy

0 3 3

14 Continuation of third assessment 0 3 3


Total 23 22 45



No Weight (%)

Oral Presentation 1

Select one type of informal settlements,

visit the site and observe the different

characteristics in terms of physical, social

,economic and visual aspects

4 10

Oral Presentation 2 Analyze a Best Practice in slum upgrading 10 &11 10

Oral Presentation &

Report (to be

submitted finally by

the end of the

semester)

3 Suggest the strategy of intervention to

upgrade the selected informal area

12 &

13 20

Final term

examination (written

exam)

4 Assess understanding and intellectual

skills - 60

Total 100 %


a. Course notes

1



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Davis, M. (2006). Planet of slums. New York: Verso.

Khalifa, M. A., (2011), "Redefining slums in Egypt: Unplanned versus unsafe areas", Habitat

International, 35 (2011), 40-49.

Sims, D., (2002). The Case of Cairo, Egypt. Contribution by Marion Sejoume and Monika El

Shorbagi, Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt. May, 2002.

Sims, D., (2012). Understanding Cairo: The logic of a city out of control. The American University in

Cairo Press.

UN-Habitat. (2003). The challenge of slums: Global report on human settlements 2003. Nairobi:

UN-Habitat.

UN-Habitat. (2008). State of the world’s cities 2008/2009 harmonious cities. London - Sterling, VA:

United Nations Human Settlements Programme.


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Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 b1 b2 b3 b4 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2 d3

Introduction to the

course

Lecture 1:

Urbanization and

urban challenges in

Egypt

Lecture 2: Slums

(Ashwai’yaat)

Profile in Egypt

Introduction to

student project:

selection of the

required type of

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informal settlement

by each group of

students

First Assessment:

students’

presentation:

Identification of

current situation by

each group

Follow up student

project

Lecture 3: A newer

approach -

unplanned versus

unsafe areas:

Methodology and

key findings of

ISDF survey

Follow up student

project –

stakeholders’

analysis

Lecture 4: How to

deal with informal

settlements

Lecture 5: Best

practice of slum

upgrading projects

Second

Assessment:

students’

presentation

Best Practices in

slum upgrading

using different

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Lecture

Tutorial


Assessment a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 b1 b2 b3 b4 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2 d3

Oral Presentation 1:

Assess knowledge of

course material, intellectual skills and

practical skills

Oral presentation 2 :

Assess knowledge of

course material and intellectual skills

Final assignment:

Assess knowledge of

course material,

intellectual and

approaches

Continuation of

second assessment

Role Play

Third Assessment:

students’

presentation:

Presentation of

slum upgrading

vision and strategy

Continuation of

third assessment

Wrap up and

course review

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practical skills



and intellectual skills

1



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City Vision and Strategic Planning - UPL 612








Title: City Vision and Strategic Planning Code: UPL 612



Total: 3




Identify the link between city vision and sustainable livelihood.

Diagnose urban planning challenges in relation to the notion of public interest.

Differentiate between different mechanisms to attract business and people.

Recognize the link between the city visioning and strategic planning process.

Understand the various aspects of visioning and strategic planning methodology:

(phasing, scoping and assessment)

Identify the methodological steps to formulate the city development strategy:

(formulation, implementation and public awareness).

Assess the effect of strategic planning on urban development via the SWOT

analysis technique via the five themes: (livelihoods, environmental quality,

spatial form, financial resources and governance).

Evaluate various worldwide case studies focusing on the above methodologies

and analysis techniques.



By the end of course students should be able to:

a1- Define the notion of sustainability and public interest

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a2- Identify the challenges of urban development in relation to sustainable

livelihood

a3- Distinguish between the different mechanisms to attract business and people.

a4- Identify the various aspects of visioning and strategic planning methodology.

a5- Comprehend the formulation process of city vision and strategic planning.

a6- Distinguish between the various analyses techniques of urban development

with specific focus on SWOT analysis.

a7- Interprets the five themes of analysis of city vision and strategic planning

a8- Outline the guidelines underpinning the city vision and strategic plans of

worldwide case studies.



b1- Break down the challenges of urban development

b2- Compare between the different mechanisms to attract business and people.

b3- Analyze worldwide examples of city visions and strategic plans.

b4- Deconstructs the five themes of analysis of the SWOT technique.

b5- Summarizes the city vision and strategic plans of worldwide case studies.



c1- Assess the effect of urban development challenges on city vision and

strategic plans.

c2- Evaluate different mechanisms to attract business and people.

c3- Apply visioning and strategic planning methodologies.

c4- Propose city vision and consequent strategic plans.






3- Contents


1 City vision and sustainable livelihoods 3 0 3

2 Challenges of urban development 3 0 3

3 Attracting business and people: different

mechanisms 2 1 3

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4 Attracting business and people: different

mechanisms 2 1 3

5 City vision and strategic planning: links and

impacts 2 1 3

6 Aspects of visioning and strategic planning

methodology: formulation 3 0 3

7 Aspects of visioning and strategic planning

methodology: implementation and public

awareness

0 3 3

8 Strategic planning and urban development:

think global act local 2 1 3

9 Analysis techniques of urban development: a

brief typology and SWOT analysis 3 0 3

10 Analysis techniques of urban development: a

brief typology and SWOT analysis 0 3 3

11 Analysis themes of strategic planning 2 1 3

12 City vision and strategic planning: Groups

presentation of case study 0 3 3






Total 23 22 45



No Weight (%)



12,

13,14 25

Final Reports 2



transferable skills

15 15

Final term



Total 100 %

1



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a. Course notes



El-Ojeili C. and Hayden P., 2006, Critical Theories of Globalization, Palgrave Mac Millan, 1st edition

USA

Healey P., 1996, Planning Through Debate: The Communicative Turn in Planning Theory, in S.

Campbell and S. Fainstein (Eds.), Reading in Planning Theory, Blackwell, pp. 234-57

Krumholz N. and Clavel P., 1994, Reinventing Cities: Equity Planners Tell Their Stories, Temple

University Press, Philadelphia, Chapter 1, and Introduction: Professional Support for Equity

Planning, pp. 1-21

Safier M., 2002, “Prospects and Retrospects: On Estimating ‘Room for Maneuver’, the ‘Metropolis 2000’

debate (1993) revisited, looking forward from 2002: Planning in the Era of Turbo-dynamic

Globalization, Neoliberal Structural Adjustment and Intensifying Cultural Conflict”, City, Vol 6,

No 1, pp. 117-32

Sandercock L., 1998, Towards Cosmopolis: Planning for Multicultural Cities, John Wiley and Sons Ltd,

England, Chapter 4: The Difference that Theory Makes, pp. 85-104

Sandercock L., 1998, The Death of Modernist Planning: Radical Praxis for a Postmodern Age, in M.

Douglass and Friedman (Eds.), Cities for Citizens: Planning and the Rise of Civil Society in a

Global Age, John Wiley and Sons, pp. 163-84


Duany A. et al, 2010, Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream,

North Point Press; 10th Anniversary Edition

Hardoy J. and Satterthwaite D., 1997, Building the Future City, in J. Gugler (Ed.), Cities in the

Development World: Issues, Theories and Policy, Oxford University Press, Oxford and New

York, Chapter 17

Harvey D., 2012, Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution, Verso; 1 edition


www.rudi.net

www.scribd.com


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City vision

and

sustainable

livelihoods

Challenges

of urban

development

Attracting

business and

people:

different

mechanisms

Attracting

business and

people:

different

mechanisms

City vision

and strategic

planning:

links and

impacts

Aspects of

visioning

and strategic

planning

methodology

: formulation

Aspects of

visioning

and strategic

planning

methodology

:

implementati

on and

public

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awareness

Strategic

planning and

urban

development

: think global

act local

Analysis

techniques of

urban

development

: a brief

typology and

SWOT

analysis

Analysis

techniques of

urban

development

: a brief

typology and

SWOT

analysis

Analysis

themes of

strategic

planning

City vision

and strategic

planning:

Groups

presentation

of case study

City vision

and strategic

planning:

Groups

presentation

of case study

City vision

and strategic

planning:

Groups

presentation

of case study

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Wrap up and

course

review


Course

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Presentation

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practical ,

intellectual

and

transferable

skills and

attitudes

Final

reports:

assess

knowledge

of course

material

professional

and

intellectual

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and

transferable

skills

Final Term

Examinatio

n: assess

understandi

ng, practical

and

intellectual

and

transferable

skills

1

Course Coordinator: Dr. Mohamed A. Salheen


Date: 8/6/2012


Housing Studies – UPL (614) 2011/2012



Planning






Title: Housing Studies Code: UPL (614)



Total: 3



Get insight on how to plan, design and manage the built environment and consider its

relations with the local communities . Learn about the housing policies and its relations with

the other complementing sectors and policy/regulatory requirements; Economy, the national

GDP , the target groups and the proper site selection for a selected level of housing ; and the

skills necessary to integrate housing policies into long-range visions and the day-to-day

development and management of the built environment.



A1- Define the different components of the housing sector: the socio – economic

environment and the built environment

A2- Identify the difference between a policy on the regional and on the local scale

A3- Identify the reasons of why affordable housing is currently of crucial importance ;

A4- Explain the role of different stakeholders in the housing sector

A5- Outline the meaning of affordable housing

A6- Explain the idea of providing housing

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b1-Break down the different levels of the housing policies for affordable housing

provision; International level, Regional (MENA region) level and national level

b2- Construct a conceptual framework to deal with the 3 levels of the housing

policies


c1- Apply the learnt techniques, models and methods of providing affordable housing

to the proposed case study

c2- Integrate affordable housing principles into long-range visions and the day-to-day

development and management of the built environment

c3- Analyze and evaluate existing housing projects in terms of compliance with

affordable housing provision principles




3- Contents


1 Introduction to housing studies 3 0 3

2 Conceptual Framework (The Proper

Approach)

3 0 3

3 Global Strategy for Shleter (GSS)

introduction

3 0 3

4 Global Strategy for Shleter (GSS)

Discussion

1 2 3

5 The Housing Problem within the Egyptian

Context

1 2 3

6 The Housing Problem in Upper Egypt as a

case study

1 2 3

7 Different Aspects Affecting the Housing

sector in Upper Egypt

1 2 3

8 Conceptual Framework for Solving the

Housing problem in Egypt

1 2 3

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9 Conceptual Framework for Solving the

Housing problem in Egypt

1 2 3

10 Regional Best Practices in MENA region 3 0 3

11 National Best Practices 3 0 3

12,13,14 Student’s Presentations of the studied Case

Study

0 9 9


Total 24 21 45



No Weight (%)

Mid-term

Presentations 1

Group work should do a research and

present the results of his research on the

proposed argument about the ability of the

housing provision to foster economy

4,5,6,

7,8,9 20

Final Assignment 2

each student has to submit a research

about a chosen regional housing policy

(MENA region) and analyzing its aspects

and the accompanying complementing

sectors and the reasons behind its success

12,

13,14 10

Attendance and


Final term



Total 100 %


a. Course notes



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Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2

Introduction to

housing studies

Conceptual

Framework (The

Proper Approach)

Global Strategy for

Shleter (GSS)

introduction

Global Strategy for

Shleter (GSS)

Discussion

The Housing

Problem within the

Egyptian Context

The Housing

Problem in Upper

Egypt as a case

study

Different Aspects

Affecting the

Housing sector in

Upper Egypt

Conceptual

Framework for

Solving the

Housing problem

in Egypt

Conceptual

Framework for

Solving the

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Lecture

Tutorial




knowledge of course

material, intellectual


Final assignment:

Assess knowledge of

course material,

intellectual and

practical skills



practical and

intellectual skills

Housing problem

in Egypt

Regional Best

Practices in MENA

region

National Best

Practices

Student’s

Presentations of the

studied Case Study

1

Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. Shakik El Wakeel


Date: 8/6/2012


Cities in the Age of Globalization UPL 617





Department offering the course: Department of Planning and Urban Design Academic year/ Level: Postgraduate PhD



Title: Cities in the Age of Globalization Code: UPL 617

Credit Hours: 3 hours Lecture: 3 hours

Tutorial : o Practical: o

Total: 3 hours



- know the meaning of globalization

- define a global city, its characteristics and criteria

- know about city ranking around the world

- define the position of Cairo between the global cities and what is needed to reach each

best criterion



By the end of PhD programs, the post-graduate student should discuss:

a1- What is globalization

a2- How a global city should be

a3- How to manage to turn Cairo to a global city


By the end of PhD. the post-graduate student should be able to:

b1- Assign issues in a scientific way

b2- Adapt wider scope of vision

b3- Classify international information

.

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.


M.Sc. Post-graduate student should develop the following capabilities and skills in:

c1- Making good and convincing presentations

c2- Writing reports

c3- Dealing with statistics and literature

d.-General and transferable skills

These skills include the ability to:

d1- Work in group

d2- Transfer knowledge

3- Contents

No Course Content Discussion Tutorial Total

1 Globalization 3 0 3

2 What is a global city 3 0 3

3 City ranking

3 0 3

4 Criteria of a global city 3 0 3

5 City Branding 3 0 3

6 Explanation and distribution of the required tasks

0 3 3

7 Literature presentation 0 3 3

8 Discussion 0 3 3

9 Discussion 0 3 3

10 Presentation 0 3 3

11 Presentation 0 3 3

12 Setting new criteria 0 3 3

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13 Application to Cairo 0 3 3

14-15 Report delivery and General discussion and

oral test

0 6 6

Total 15 30 45



No Weight (%)

Discussion 2 Round table discussion 8-9 10

Presentation 2 Power point presentation 10- 11 20

Test 1 Oral 14- 15 10

Final Test 1 Written <16 60

Total 100 %


a. Course notes





Blackboard in lectures, labs, tutorials

Computers for students in the labs

Overhead Projectors in lectures


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intellectual skills

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practical and

intellectual skills

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Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Bashayer Khairy


Date: 8/6/2012


Eco-Tourism 626 UPL





Department offering the course: Department of Planning and Urban Design Academic year/ Level: Postgraduate M.Sc.



Title: Eco-Tourism Code: UPL 617


Discussion : 1 Practical: 0

Total: 3



a-To know as a start all kinds of tourism in Egypt & a detailed description for different

touristic sites.

b-To understand what is the importance of Eco-Tourism and know the number of

protectorates in Egypt & their locations.

c-To study & analyze the National &International Charters concerning the Environment.

d-To realize the importance of the relationship between sustainability and Eco-Tourism.

e-To realize the Guidelines &Objectives needed for the success of eco-tourism & in the

process learn all the different descending authorities responsible that play a role in the

outcome of eco-tourism in Egypt.

f-to know the problems facing tourist activities in general & in eco-tourism specifically &

studying some possible answers to these problems.

g-Students should during the course choose one of the protectorates & make a research,

including a detailed description & defining its environmental problems & give proposed

recommendations.

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By the end of MSc. programs, the post-graduate student should:

a1- Cite the importance of eco-tourism

a2- Comprehend all the protectorates in Egypt

a3- Interpret the guidelines needed to promote eco-tourism

a4- Discuss most of the problems facing ec-tourism & formed ideas on how to

face them..


By the end of MSc.. programs the post-graduate student should be able to:

b1- Distinguish the importance of eco-tourism.

b2- Determine all the protectorates in Egypt.

b3- Classify the guidelines needed to promote eco-tourism.

b4- Discover the problems facing eco-tourism& form ideas on how to overcome

them.


By the end MSc. Post-graduate student should develop the following capabilities and

skills in:

c1- Arranging research work concerning the environment.

c2- Interpreting the general problems facing Tourism.



d1- Demonstrate the technical reports and papers.

d2- Apply the research tools and research methods which used in urban design

researches.

3- Contents

No Course Content Lecture Discussion Total

1 A survey on different types of Tourism &their

locations

3 0 3

2 The importance of Eco-Tourism in Egypt &the

Protectorates

2 1 3

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3 Each student chooses a Protectorate to do his

research work &verifies his choice

2 1 3

4 National &International Charters 2 1 3

5 The importance of sustainability in Ec-tourism 2 1 3

6 The different descending Authorities

responsible for eco-tourism

2 1 3

7 Students present their progress in their

research- work to be open to discussion to be

criticized &improved

2 1 3

8 The problems facing Eco-tourism on the

International level

2 1 3

9-10 The problems facing Eco- Tourism on the

National level with special emphasis to post-

revolution up-to-date impact.

4 2 6

11-12 Guidelines of Eco-tourism &how they could be

accomplished &assisting jobs to promote ec-

tourism.

4 2 6

13-14 Each student presents his final copy of his

research work as a presentation to be surveyed

by the course coordinator before final

acceptance.

4 2 6

15 Green Tourism as a strategy& systems for

promoting media awareness.

2 1 3

Total 31 14 45



No Weight (%)

Final and Pre Final

Report 2


professional and intellectual skills 14,15 40

Final Term



Total 100 %


a. Course notes

-Developed by course coordinator


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Recommended Books

Lectures written by course coordinators.

c. Periodicals, Web Sites, … etc

www.ecotourim.com (united nations)





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Date: / /


Waterfront development - UPL 629






Date of specification approval: ………..


Title: Waterfront development Code: UPL 629



Total: 3




Recognize the link between urban development planning and waterfront areas

inside the cities.

Evaluate the effect of socio- cultural, socio-political and socio-economic aspects

on the water development process.

Differentiate between the (Sea – river – lake) front developments.

Differentiate between traditions and approaches of waterfront development.

Assess the role of planners in the positioning of waterfronts in a competitive

global market, public private partnership, and civic leadership.

Diagnose waterfront development challenges in relation to the notion of public

interest and planning methodology.

Applying different planning methodologies and analysis techniques.

Evaluate the waterfront development process and methodology of worldwide case

studies.




a1- Identify the main challenges of urban planning in relation to waterfront

development.

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a2- Recognize the link between urban development planning and waterfront areas

inside the cities

a3- Differentiate between the (Sea – river – lake) front developments.



b1- Differentiate between traditions and approaches of waterfront development

b2- Diagnose waterfront development challenges in relation to the notion of public

interest and planning methodology

b3- Summarizes Worldwide case studies on different urban planning approaches



c1- Evaluate the effect of socio- cultural, socio-political and socio-economic

aspects on the water development process.

c2- Assess the role of planners in the positioning of waterfronts in a competitive

global market, public private partnership, and civic leadership

c3- Applying different planning methodologies and analysis techniques

c4- Evaluate the waterfront development process and methodology of worldwide

case studies






3- Contents


1 Introduction, Basic Definitions 3 0 3

2 Challenges and potentials of Waterfront development 3 0 3

3 Functional, physical dimensions in developing

waterfronts 3 0 3

4 Economical & Social dimensions in developing

waterfronts 3 0 3

5 Environmental & legal dimensions in developing

waterfronts 3 0 3

6 Waterfront redevelopment methodology steps 3 0 3

7 Similar international case studies 3 0 3

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8 Weighting criteria for intervention methods


9 Rivers, Seas and lakes and redevelopment potentials


10 Nile river and urban development within Greater Cairo

Region


2 1 3

11 Strategy of Development


12 Determine the mutual effects


13 Redevelopment considerations


14 Final Group presentation of case study 0 3 3

15 Final Group presentation of case study / Open

discussion / Final report submission 0 3 3

Total 33 12 45


Assessment

method No Description Week No

Weight

(%)



8,9, 10, 11,

12, 13,14,

15

25

Final Reports 2


professional and intellectual and transferable

skills

15 15

Final term

examination 3

Assess understanding, practical and


Total 100 %


a. Course notes



Nik I.Ab.Rahman. (1997). Development of a riverfront park planning model with application to Islamic

perspective. PhD, Michigan State University, Department of parks, Recreation and Tourism Resources.

El Hosseiny, O., Hassan, G. F., Sami A., 2010. Analytical study for activities related to river Nile sides in

the central district in G.C.R.

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El Hosseiny, O., Hassan, G. F., Sami A., 2006. Analytical study for activities related to river Nile sides

in the central district in G.C.R.

Published in the First Architectural and Urban Planning International Conference, ARUP2006, Ain

Shams University, Cairo.


Baxter, E. (2008). Revitalizing Toronto's central waterfront. Toronto, Canada.

Beauregard, Robert A. & Hailo, A. (2001). Globalizing cities a new spatial order. 26-27.

Brook Mcllroy Planning & Urban Design / Pace Architects. (2007). Prince Arthur’s landing at Marina

Park, executive summary, Master Site Plan & Urban Design Guidelines.

Butner, B. (2006). Waterfront Revitalization as a Challenging Urban Issue, 42nd, Congress. USA.

Carmona, M. & Heath, T. & Oc., T. & Tiesdell, S. (2003). Public place, Urban space, The dimensions of

urban design. Great Britain. 98-101

City of Toronto by Authenticity Planning Framework. (2008). Creative City. Toronto, Canada.

DTAH, Urban design associates. (2005). West lands precinct plan. Toronto, Ontario.

Era Architects INC. & Evenson, J. (2003). Defining the public realm.

Gary, J. B. & Kirstie A. F. (2005). Geomorphology and river management, Applications of the river

styles framework.

GlobeScan & MRC McLean Hazel. (2004). Megacity Challenges, A stakeholder perspective. Germany.

Jenks, M. & Dempsey, N. (2005). Future forms and design, for sustainable cities. Jordan Hill, Oxford:

Architectural Press, An imprint of Elsevier Linacre House.

Laidley, J. (2007). The ecosystem approach and the global imperative on Toronto’s Central Waterfront

Cities, 259-272.

Otto, P. et all (2004). Ecological Riverfront Design, Restoring Rivers, Connecting Communities.

Chicago: American Planning Association.

Ron, S. P. (2009, July20). Thames River water quality director, wastewater and treatment, environmental

and engineering services.

Senes Consultants Limited. (2003). Waterfront Scan & Environmental Improvement strategy study,

Opportunities from past to future.

The culture division, City of Toronto, Creative City. (2003).


www.city.toronto.on.ca/ waterfront

www.visitthames.co.uk

www.geograph.org.uk

www.riverthamesalliance.com

www.scribd.com


whiteboard

http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/waterfront,%202009

http://www.visitthames.co.uk,2009/

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1117788

http://www.riverthamesalliance.com/


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Introduction, Basic Definitions

Challenges and potentials of

Waterfront development

Functional, physical dimensions in

developing waterfronts

Economical & Social dimensions

in developing waterfronts

Environmental & legal dimensions

in developing waterfronts

Waterfront redevelopment

methodology steps

Similar international case studies

Weighting criteria for intervention

methods

Group presentation of case study

material

Rivers, Seas and lakes and

redevelopment potentials


material

Nile river and urban development

within Greater Cairo Region


material

Strategy of Development


material

Determine the mutual effects


material

Redevelopment considerations


material presentation of case study

material

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Final Group presentation of case

study

Final Group presentation of case

study / Open discussion / Final

report submission


Course Content a 1 a 2 a 3 b 1 b 2 b 3 c 1 c 2 c 3 c 4 d 1 d 2 d 3

Lecture

Tutorial


Assessment a1 a2 a3 b1 b2 b3 c1 c2 c3 c4 d1 d2 d3

Presentations: assess practical ,

intellectual and transferable skills and

attitudes

Final reports: assess knowledge of

course material professional and

intellectual and transferable skills

Final Term Examination: assess

understanding, practical and

intellectual and transferable skills

1



Date: 8/6/2012


Energy Conservation and the Built Environment – UPL (642) 2011/2012



Planning






Title: Energy Conservation and the Built

Environment

Code: UPL (642)



Total: 3



Get insight on how to plan, design and manage communities from a more sustainable

perspective. Learn about the latest planning approaches and policy/regulatory requirements;

green architecture, sustainable site design and landscapes; renewable energy and energy

efficiency; efficient use of water resources; green infrastructure; and the skills necessary to

integrate Energy efficient design principles into long-range visions and the day-to-day

development and management of the built environment.





A2- Define the meaning of Energy Conservation and how to reduce energy consumption

in order to preserve resources for the future and reduce environmental pollution

A3- Identify the reasons of why saving energy is currently of crucial importance ;

A4- Explain the role of the built environment in energy use, resource use and

environmental pollution

A5- Outline the meaning of building life cycle

A6- Explain the idea of Energy Sustainability

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b1-Break down the different levels of the built environment for Energy conservation

proper approach; Urban level, Neighborhood level and Building level

b2- Construct a conceptual framework to deal with the 3 levels of the built

environment

b3- Incorporate efficient Technology or processes in terms of building materials &

construction systems, renewable energy, transportation & mobility, water

consumption & Sanitation, landscaping and waste management into an integrated

planning and design approach for sustainable communities


c1- Apply the learnt techniques, models and methods of energy efficiency to the

proposed urban plan or design project

c2- Integrate sustainable design principles into long-range visions and the day-to-day

development and management of the built environment

c3- Analyze and evaluate existing building in terms of compliance with sustainable

design principles




3- Contents


1 Definitions and Concept

Energy resources in Egypt

3 0 3

2 Energy Sustainability

Conceptual Framework (The Proper

Approach)

3 0 3

3 Green & Brown Agendas 3 0 3

4 Renewable Energy

Energy Efficiency Rating Systems

1 2 3

5 Building Envelope 1 2 3

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6 Energy efficiency in Transportation and

Mobility

1 2 3

7 Green construction systems and Building

Materials

1 2 3

8 Energy Efficiency in Water, Sanitation,

Landscape and irrigation

1 2 3

9 Sustainable Waste Management Systems 1 2 3

10 Best Practices on the Urban Level 3 0 3

11 Best Practices on the Building Level 3 0 3

12,13,14 Design class: design a prototype of a

sustainable energy efficient multi

residential building in Egypt.

0 9 9


Total 24 21 45



No Weight (%)

Mid-term

Presentations 1

Each student should do a research and

present the results of one topic of the list

of topics provided in the lectures;

renewable energy, building envelope,

green buildings, etc.

4,5,6,

7,8,9 20

Final Assignment 2

Group work; each group has to design a

prototype of a sustainable energy efficient

multi residential building in Egypt.

Environmental aspects, ecological

materials and resource saving design

approaches should be considered during

the design process

12,

13,14 10

Attendance and


Final term 4 Assess understanding, practical and


1



Date: 8/6/2012

examination

Total 100 %


a. Course notes



- ---- ---- ----


- Hegger, M., Fuchs, M., Stark, T., & Zeumer, M. (2008). Energy Manual: Sustainable Architecture: Birkhauser; Basel. Boston.Berlin.

- International Energy Agency (IEA). (2006). World Energy Outlook 2006: OECD/IEA.

- Kaule, Giselher (2000), Ecologically Oriented Planning, Peter Lang GmbH.

- Prindle, W., Eldridge, M., Eckhardt, M., & Frederick, A. (2007). The Twin Pillars of Sustainable Energy: Synergies between Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technology and Policy: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Report Number E074.


- ---- ---- ----





Definitions and

Concept

Energy resources

in Egypt

Energy

Sustainability

Conceptual

Framework (The

Proper Approach)

Green & Brown

1



Date: 8/6/2012



Agendas

Renewable Energy

Energy Efficiency

Rating Systems

Building Envelope

Energy efficiency

in Transportation

and Mobility

Green construction

systems and

Building Materials

Energy Efficiency

in Water,

Sanitation,

Landscape and

irrigation

Sustainable Waste

Management

Systems

Best Practices on

the Urban Level

Best Practices on

the Building Level

Design class:

design a prototype

of a sustainable

energy efficient

multi residential

building in Egypt.

1



Date: 8/6/2012

Lecture

Tutorial




knowledge of course

material, intellectual


Final assignment:

Assess knowledge of

course material,

intellectual and

practical skills



practical and

intellectual skills

1

Course Coordinator: Prof. Bashayer Khery


Date: / /


Research Methodology UPL644





Department offering the course: Department of Planning and Urban Design Academic year/ Level: Postgraduate MSc



Title: Research Methodology 2 Code: UPl 644


Discussion : 1 Practical: 0

Total: 3



The course aims at enabling the post-graduate student to understand the paradigms of

research work starting with ;Definitions of research ,Scientific research types, Formulating a

research problem, Objectives & Conceptualizing a research methodology, Constructing a

hypothesis, Developing an outline &system for data collection, Processing &Structuring data

collected, Analysis &Discussion, Strategies for selecting application samples for study,

Deducing conclusions from analyzed data accomplished &finally writing a research

concluding report & a proposal strategy for future applications.



By the end of MSc. programs, the post-graduate student should:

a1- Interpret the paradigms of research works.

a2- cite mutual impact between the theoretical approaches and applied ones.

a3- Interpret ethics of the scientific research.

a4- Discuss scientific developments in the area of specialization ‘urban design-

urban planning branch of knowledge”.


By the end of MSc. programs the post-graduate student should be able to:

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b1- define and analyze problems in research tools.

b2- analyze and evaluate different indicators in order to solve detective problems.

b3- give different alternatives to discover the problems in certain case studies.

b4- plan to develop practical approach in solving difficulty through research time.

b5- appropriately communicate design thinking and solution through a range of

media to diverse rang of recipients.


M.Sc. Post-graduate student should develop the following capabilities and skills in:

c1- Writing and evaluate the technical reports and papers.

c2- Evaluate the research tools and research methods which used in urban

design researches.

c3- Apply the SWOT analysis over certain case study.

c4- Taking decision through developing his own research.




d2- Use other technical tools to represent his work i.e. office program, GIS

program, adop …etc.

d3- Retrieve information and organizing collecting data.

d4- Self evaluation through the research process.

3- Contents

Week

No

Course Content Lecture Tutorial Total

1 paradigms of research works 2 1 3

2-3 the mutual impact between the theoretical

approaches and applied ones

4 2 6

4-5 ethics of the scientific research 4 2 6

6-7 Research techniques

Research process

4 2 6

8-9 appropriately communicate design thinking and

solution through a range of media to diverse

rang of recipients.

4 2 6

10-11 Evaluate the research tools and research

methods which used in urban design researches

4 2 6

12-13 Taking decision through developing his own

research

4 2 6

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Date: / /

14-15 General topic related to the research 4 2 6

Total 30 15 45



No Weight (%)

Presentations 1 Assess practical , intellectual skills and

attitudes

4,8,10,

12 20

Final Report 2 Assess knowledge of course material

professional and intellectual skills 15 20

Final term



Total 100 %


a. Course notes

-Developed by course coordinator and reviewed by course coordinator








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Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 c1 c2 c3 c4 d1 d2 d3 d4

paradigms of

research works

the mutual

impact between

the theoretical

approaches and

applied ones

ethics of the

scientific

research

Research

techniques

Research process

appropriately

communicate

design thinking

and solution

through a range

of media to

diverse rang of

recipients.

Evaluate the

research tools

and research

methods which

used in urban

design

researches

Taking decision

through

developing his

own research

1



Date: / /


Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 c1 c2 c3 c4 d1 d2 d3 d4

Lecture

Discussion


Assessment a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2 d3 d4





knowledge of course

material and

intellectual skills



practical and

intellectual skills

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