An Investigation into the Causes of Pedestrians' Walking Difficulties in Cairo Streets

Maged, Joy; Moussa, Rania Rushdy; Konbr, Usama

doi:10.13189/cea.2022.100102

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“…The Egyptian government set a new strategy to reduce their emissions and preserve the environment. The government started to think green by generating energy using renewable sources and converting cars to move with natural gas instead of benzene as an approach to reduce road emissions (Maged et al, 2022;Moussa, 2021).…”

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Reducing carbon emissions in Egyptian roads through improving the streets quality

Moussa

2022

Environ Dev Sustain

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The streetscape of any city reflects the natural built fabric of the street and adds to the experiential quality of that space. A sustainable streetscape ensures that the spaces are long-lasting and functional as a part of the greater sustainable eco-system. Over the past two centuries, mankind has increased the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere from 280 to more than 380 parts per million by volume, and it is still increasing every day. If Earth continues to emit carbon without control, the surface temperature is expected to rise by 3.4 °C by the end of this century. Climate change of that magnitude would likely have serious, long-lasting, and, in many cases, devastating consequences for the planet Earth. Egypt has become one of the biggest emitters of atmospheric pollutants from the transportation sector. The level of carbon emissions and its effect on air quality are placed high on the research agenda. The transportation sector has a great impact on increasing CO2 emissions. The transportation and traffic sectors produce a quarter of the global CO2 emissions due to the heavy use of fossil fuels. This research aims to study the effects of street shape and design on CO2 production. This paper presents an analysis of road transportation in Egypt, taking Helmiet EL-Zaitoun as the main case study, with a focus on energy demand and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Carbon emissions are measured using “Testo 315-3” as a measuring instrument to identify the relationship between street design and quality on the amount of carbon emissions produced. The results of this research suggest that street quality affects the amount of CO2 emissions produced. A car moving at a constant speed will produce fewer CO2 emissions than a car forced to start–stop every while because of external factors such as cracks in the roads occurring from bad streetscape elements. The presented research provides a set of guidelines to enhance the quality of the streetscape and design in order to reduce the amount of CO2 produced in the streets.

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Reducing carbon emissions in Egyptian roads through improving the streets quality

Moussa

2022

Environ Dev Sustain

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“…For example, the reuse of industrial buildings generates a large amount of construction dust, which poses a significant risk to the health of builders. The Dynamic Health Risk Assessment (DHRA) system is proposed to comprehensively assess and reduce the hazards caused by dust generated during the renovation of contaminated industrial buildings [23,24,25,27].…”

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Evaluation of the Aesthetic Quality of an Industrial Building after Renovation

Amangeldikyzy¹,

Assylbekova²,

Jumagaliyev³

et al. 2022

cea

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Industrial buildings occupy large areas and are one of the main city-forming elements of the urban environment. In recent decades, the renovation of industrial buildings has become a special and widespread creative direction for designers. The aesthetic features of the industrial facilities renovation process are of great interest not only for designers but also for users of buildings and citizens. The results obtained by evaluating the aesthetic aspects of the renovation of a large industrial building in Kazakhstan are presented in this article: the Almaty Cotton Mill (ACM). Three large buildings of the former industrial site have been converted into a commercial facility. The study is based on an assessment of new use from the point of view of users and citizens. The study's methodology is based on conducting a sociological survey to analyze the aesthetic qualities of the interiors and exteriors of ACM buildings. Interior spaces were analyzed using the Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) method. The exterior assessment will be based on the theory of visual perception of the city according to the method of K. Lynch. The result of the study is the final concept of a sociological survey and recommendations for improving the aesthetic characteristics of the interiors and exteriors in "Armada" and "Grand Park" buildings.

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“…Furthermore, with the beginning of the technological revolution in the 1980s, smart buildings began to appear [19]. It provides high performance in building systems and services, such as comfort, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, wiring, control systems, automation, voice, data, video communication, safety, fire, and security [20].…”

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Utilizing Smart Systems to Enhance the Sustainability of Egyptian Administrative Buildings

Konbr¹,

Abdelaal²

2022

cea

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Smart buildings have grabbed the attention of researchers since the 1980s. Until now, there has been no specific definition for smart buildings, which came from modern technologies and applications that rely on smart systems, significantly affecting the construction industry. Based on the importance of the administrative building sector in Egypt, this study proposed a general framework enumerating smart systems that positively impact this sector at the environmental, social, and economic levels (the three key pillars of sustainability). Various methods were used, including induction, descriptive, analysis, survey, and deduction. It enumerated and analyzed the Egyptian context through three case studies to reveal the gap between their current situation and the one hoped for in its three categories, Smart Security and Safety Systems, Smart Auxiliary Systems, and Smart Entertainment Systems. The findings of this study for the first category showed an average of 47% for security systems and 67% for safety systems. The category of smart auxiliary systems was divided into five sub-categories, showing 39% in climatic control systems, 60% in energy management systems, 100% in HVAC control systems, 50% in lighting control systems, and 56% in water management systems. Finally, the smart entertainment systems category was divided into three sub-categories, showing 42% in Wi-Fi and Internet systems, 44% in video surveillance systems, and 67% in sound and video intercom systems. Therefore, these quantitative findings represent promising results that motivate the Egyptian context to move forward in this direction by using smart systems to improve the sustainability of Egyptian administrative buildings.

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An Investigation into the Causes of Pedestrians' Walking Difficulties in Cairo Streets

Cited by 10 publications

References 8 publications

Reducing carbon emissions in Egyptian roads through improving the streets quality

Reducing carbon emissions in Egyptian roads through improving the streets quality

Evaluation of the Aesthetic Quality of an Industrial Building after Renovation

Utilizing Smart Systems to Enhance the Sustainability of Egyptian Administrative Buildings

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