Sustainability in Urban Planning and Design

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He completed postdoctoral research in 2004 on sustainable and bioclimatic houses, from the School of Architecture in Aarhus, Denmark. His research expertise is sustainability in architecture and urban planning and design. He has carried out a great deal of research and technical survey work and has performed several studies in the above-mentioned areas. He has edited many international books and is an active member of many worldwide architectural associations. He has published more than 170 international academic works (papers, research, books, and book chapters) in different languages.Asaad Almssad has more than 30 years of experience in the industry as well as teaching and research, inter alia, Umeå University, Karlstad University and both European and non-European institutions. His research focuses on building structures, materials, sustainable building, and energy efficiency in building systems. His viewpoint of the building and its components is that the orientation of new researchers tends to move the human actions under the building roof toward energy efficiency and healthy living spaces. He has authored and co-authored more than 50 research papers and many books. Now, he is employed as a docent at

Conserving the Historical Identity of North Nicosia Walled City: Exploring Design Approaches and Implications from 1983 to 2003

“…Historic identity is a complex formation within the scope of a city that can be understood as a simplistic process of building design, as well as one containing the sociocultural aspirations of individuals and groups [17]. These enhance the historic setting's wholeness with other compositional factors (the many layers) of a city, and are also a part of the urban built form [18,19], in building the connection between the past and the present to the future. In this nested series, new layers also contribute to the urban sequence of the historic city.…”