Urban Planning Between Theory and Practice - UPL...
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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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Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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
By the end of the course students will be able to:
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
By the end of the course students will be able to:
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
By the end of the course students will be able to:
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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Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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
Group presentation of case study material
2 1 3
8 Entrepreneurial planner manager in the name of
efficiency
Group presentation of case study material
2 1 3
9 Entrepreneurial planner manager in the name of
efficiency
Group presentation of case study material
2 1 3
10 Global cities, city vision and strategic planning
Group presentation of case study material 2 1 3
11 Global cities, city vision and strategic planning
Group presentation of case study material 2 1 3
12 Insurgent planner in the name of oppositional
practices
Group presentation of case study material
2 1 3
13
Confronting theory with practice: open
discussion on planning approaches to city
development, city vision and strategic planning
Group presentation of case study material
0 3 3
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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
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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Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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-
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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
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Course Coordinator: Associate Professor: Ahmed Shetawy
Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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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Course Coordinator: Associate Professor: Ahmed Shetawy
Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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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Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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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Course Coordinator: Associate Professor: Ahmed Shetawy
Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Learning Method /ILO Matrix
Course
Content
a
1
a
2
a
3
a
4
a
5
a
6
b
1
b
2
b
3
b
4
c
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c
2
c
3
c
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d
1
d
2
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
Course specifications of
Quantitative Analysis – UPL (603)
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..
Date of specification approval: 8-6-2012
A- Basic Information
Title: Quantitative Analysis Code: UPL (603)
Credit Hours: 3 hours Lecture: 3
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.
2- Intended learning outcomes of course (ILOs)
a. Knowledge and understanding
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. Intellectual skills
Upon the successful completion of the course students should be able to:
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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Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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. Professional and practical skills
Upon the successful completion of the course students should be able to:
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. General and transferable skills
Upon the successful completion of the course students should be able to:
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
No Course Content Lecture Tutorial Total
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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Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Youhansen Y. Eid
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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
5- Assessment schedule
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
6- List of references
a. Course notes
- Students should take notes during lectures and presentations
b. Essential books (text books)
- ---- ---- ----
c. Recommended 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
- ---- ---- ----
7- Facilities required for teaching and learning
Lecture Hall, Data show, Computer.
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Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Youhansen Y. Eid
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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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Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Youhansen Y. Eid
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Learning Method/ILOs Matrix
Assessment Method/ILOs Matrix
Knowledge and
Understanding
Intellectual Skills Practical Skills General
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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
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
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: Prof. Dr. Youhansen Y. Eid
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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Course Coordinator: Dr. Abeer El Shater
Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Course specifications of
Contemporary Theories in Urban Design - UPL 605
University: Ain Shams Faculty: Engineering
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.
Date of specification approval: 8-6-2012
A- Basic Information
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
B- Professional Information
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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Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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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Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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.
d2- Communicate effectively with others.
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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Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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
5 Theories in the field related the topic which
select
1 2 3
6 Theories in the field related the topic which
select
1 2
7 Theories in the field related the topic which
select
1 2 3
8 Applied Approaches for selected theories 1 2 3
9 Applied Approaches for selected theories 1 2 3
10 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
Assess knowledge of course material
professional and intellectual skills 14,15 10
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Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Final Term
examination 1 Assess understanding, practical and
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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Date: 8/6/2012
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
Learning Method /ILO Matrix
Course
Content
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d1
d2
d3
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d5
Lecture
Discussion
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Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Course Content/ILO Matrix
Course
Content
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week 1
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Assessment Methods /ILO Matrix
Course
Content
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Presentations Final and Pre
Final Report
Final Term
examination
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Course Coordinator: Dr. Samah El Khateeb
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Course specifications of
Eco Urban Design – UPL (606)
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 PhD.
Date of specification approval: 8/6/2012
A- Basic Information
Title: Eco- Urban Design Code: UPL (606)
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:
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.
.
2- Intended learning outcomes of course (ILOs)
a. Knowledge and understanding
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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Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
b. Intellectual skills
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.
c. Professional and practical skills
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.
d. General and transferable skills
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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Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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
4- Assessment schedule
Assessment method No Description Week
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
examination 4 Assess understanding, practical and
intellectual skills 14 60
Total 100 %
5- List of references
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Course Coordinator: Dr. Samah El Khateeb
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
a. Course notes
-Developed by course instructor
b. Essential books (text books)
Mike Jenks and Nicola Dempsey, Future Forms and Design for Sustainable Cities,
Architecture press, 2005.
c. Recommended books
- 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.
Periodicals, Web sites, … etc
- ---- ---- ----
6- Facilities required for teaching and learning
Lecture Hall, Data show, Computer.
Course Content/ILO Matrix
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
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Course Coordinator: Dr. Samah El Khateeb
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Learning Method /ILO Matrix
Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2
Lecture
Tutorial
Assessment Methods /ILO Matrix
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
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Course Coordinator: Dr. Dina Dief-Allah
Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: / /
Course specifications of
Urban Conservation - UPL 607
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: ………..
A- Basic Information
Title: Urban Conservation Code: UPL 607
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 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.
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 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.
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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.
b. Intellectual skills
By the end of the course students will be able to:
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
conservation approaches.
b4- Summarizes worldwide case studies on different urban conservation
approaches.
c. Professional and practical skills
By the end of the course students will be able to:
c1- Analyze urban conservation approaches.
c2- Assess the role of planner, state and communities within different urban
conservation approaches.
c3- Evaluate the impact of urban conservation approaches in the context of
Egyptian and Worldwide case studies.
d. General and transferable skills
By the end of the course students will be able to:
d1- Communicate effectively with others.
d2- Present data and case studies
d3- Work in groups.
3- Contents
No Course Content Lecture Tutorial Total
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
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Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
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
Group presentation of case study material
2 1 3
9
Impact of international context on Urban
Conservation: Globalization and local identities
and culture
Group presentation of case study material
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
Confronting theory with practice: open
discussion on conflicts arising urban
development and urban conservation practice.
-Group presentation of case study material
0 3 3
14
Confronting theory with practice: open
discussion on different roles of planners, state
and communities in relation to different urban
conservation approaches.
-Group presentation of case study material
0 3 3
15
Confronting theory with practice: open
discussion on lessons learnt
Submission of final reports 0 3 3
Total 30 15 45
4- Assessment schedule
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Course Coordinator: Dr. Dina Dief-Allah
Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: / /
Assessment method No Description Week
No Weight (%)
Presentations 1 Assess practical , intellectual and
transferable skills and attitudes
7,8,9,
12,13,14 25
Final Reports 2
Assess knowledge of course material
professional and intellectual and
transferable skills
15 15
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
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
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Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
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/
6- Facilities required for teaching and learning
whiteboard
Data-Show
computer
Related software
Course Content/ILO Matrix
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
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Course Coordinator: Dr. Dina Dief-Allah
Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
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
Course Coordinator: Dr. Dina Dief-Allah
Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
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
theory with practice:
open discussion on
conflicts arising
urban development
and urban
conservation practice.
-Group presentation
of case study material
14-Confronting
theory with practice:
open discussion on
different roles of
planners, state and
communities in
relation to different
urban conservation
approaches.
-Group presentation
of case study material
15- Confronting
theory with practice:
open discussion on
lessons learnt
Submission of final
reports
Learning Method /ILO Matrix
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
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Course Coordinator: Dr. Dina Dief-Allah
Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: / /
Content
Lecture
Tutorial
Assessment Methods /ILO Matrix
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
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Course Coordinator: Dr. Marwa A. Khalifa
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Course specifications of
Environmental Impact Assessment – UPL (608) 2012/2013
University: Ain Shams Faculty: Engineering
Programme on which the course is given: Master of Science in Engineering (M.Sc.) in Urban
Planning
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 M.Sc. & PhD
Date of specification approval: 8/6/2012
A- Basic Information
Title: Environmental Impact Assessment Code: UPL (608)
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:
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
.
2- Intended learning outcomes of course (ILOs)
a. Knowledge and understanding
A1- Understand key linkages between disasters, environment and disaster risk reduction
A2- Identify various tools of disaster risk and vulnerability assessment
A3- Define the different components of environment: the natural environment, the socio
– economic environment and the built environment
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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Date: 8/6/2012
b. Intellectual skills
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.
c. Professional and practical skills
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
d. General and transferable skills
d1- Search for data using Internet explorer
d2- Prepare presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint
3- Contents
No Course Content Lecture Tutorial Total
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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Date: 8/6/2012
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
4- Assessment schedule
Assessment method No Description Week
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
examination 4 Assess understanding, practical and
intellectual skills - 60
Total 100 %
5- List of references
a. Course notes
-Developed by course instructor
b. Essential books (text books)
- ---- ---- ----
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Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
c. Recommended books
- 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.
Periodicals, Web sites, … etc
- ---- ---- ----
6- Facilities required for teaching and learning
Lecture Hall, Data show, Computer.
Course Content/ILO Matrix
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
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Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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
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Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Learning Method /ILO Matrix
Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2
Lecture
Tutorial
Assessment Methods /ILO Matrix
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
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Course specifications of
Sustainable Urban Development – UPL (610) 2012/2013
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
Date of specification approval: 8/6/2012
A- Basic Information
Title: Sustainable Urban Development Code: UPL (610)
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:
•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
.
2- Intended learning outcomes of course (ILOs)
a. Knowledge and understanding
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
b. Intellectual skills
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
c. Professional and practical skills
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
d. General and transferable skills
d1- Search for data using Internet explorer
d2- Prepare presentations and drawings using any appropriate tools
3- Contents
No Course Content Lecture Tutorial Total
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
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Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
4- Assessment schedule
Assessment method No Description Week
No Weight (%)
Attendance and
discussion in class 1 40
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 %
5- List of references
a. Course notes
-Developed by course instructor
b. Essential books (text books)
االسس والمعايير التخطيطية والتصميمية للمجتمعات العمرانية فى جنوب الوادى
المركز القومى لبحوث االسكان والبناء
6002ديسمبر –التقرير النهائى
c. Recommended books
to be advised
Periodicals, Web sites, … etc
-------------------------
6- Facilities required for teaching and learning
Lecture Hall, Data show, Computer
Course Content/ILO Matrix
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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Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Baki
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Learning Method /ILO Matrix
Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 b1 b2 b3 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2
Lecture
Project
Assessment Methods /ILO Matrix
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
1
Course Coordinator: Dr. Marwa A. Khalifa
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Course specifications of
Urban Upgrading of Informal Areas – UPL (611) 2012/2013
University: Ain Shams Faculty: Engineering
Programme on which the course is given: Master of Science in Engineering (M.Sc.) in Urban
Planning
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 M.Sc. and PhD.
Date of specification approval: 8/6/2012
A- Basic Information
Title: Urban Upgrading of Informal Areas Code: UPL (611)
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:
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.
2- Intended learning outcomes of course (ILOs)
a. Knowledge and understanding
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
b. Intellectual skills
b1- Define and classify the informal areas
b2- Differentiate between unsafe areas and unplanned areas
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Date: 8/6/2012
b3- Analyze the conditions of the informal areas
b4- Suggest logic solutions for the upgrading of informal areas
c. Professional and practical skills
c1- Conduct field survey and observation in site
c2- hold discussions
c3- Use the computer skills to prepare good and clear presentations
d. General and transferable skills
d1- Search for data using Internet explorer
d2- communication skills
d3- Work in groups (Teamwork)
3- Contents
No Course Content Lecture Tutorial Total
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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Date: 8/6/2012
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
15 Wrap up and course review 3 0 3
Total 23 22 45
4- Assessment schedule
Assessment method No Description Week
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 %
5- List of references
a. Course notes
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Course Coordinator: Dr. Marwa A. Khalifa
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
-Developed by course instructor
b. Essential books (text books)
- ---- ---- ----
c. Recommended books
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.
Periodicals, Web sites, … etc
- ---- ---- ----
6- Facilities required for teaching and learning
Lecture Hall, Data show, Computer.
Course Content/ILO Matrix
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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Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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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Date: 8/6/2012
Learning Method /ILO Matrix
Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 b1 b2 b3 b4 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2 d3
Lecture
Tutorial
Assessment Methods /ILO Matrix
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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Course Coordinator: Dr. Marwa A. Khalifa
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
practical skills
Final term examination
:Assess understanding,
and intellectual skills
1
Course Coordinator: Associate Professor: Ahmed Shetawy
Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Course specifications of
City Vision and Strategic Planning - UPL 612
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 612
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 students will be able to:
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.
2- Intended learning outcomes of course (ILOs)
a. Knowledge and understanding
By the end of course students should be able to:
a1- Define the notion of sustainability and public interest
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Date: 8/6/2012
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.
b. Intellectual skills
By the end of course students should be able to:
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.
c. Professional and practical skills
By the end of course students should be able to:
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.
d. General and transferable skills
By the end of course students should be able to:
d1- Communicate effectively with others.
d2- Present data and case studies
d3- Search for data.
3- Contents
No Course Content Lecture Tutorial Total
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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Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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
13 City vision and strategic planning: Groups
presentation of case study 0 3 3
14 City vision and strategic planning: Groups
presentation of case study 0 3 3
15 Wrap up and course review 1 2 3
Total 23 22 45
4- Assessment schedule
Assessment method No Description Week
No Weight (%)
Presentations 1 Assess practical , intellectual and
transferable skills and attitudes
12,
13,14 25
Final Reports 2
Assess knowledge of course material
professional and intellectual and
transferable skills
15 15
Final term
examination 3 Assess understanding, practical and
intellectual and transferable skills 16 60
Total 100 %
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Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
5- List of references
a. Course notes
-Developed by course instructor
b. Essential Readings
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
c. Recommended books
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
d. Periodicals, Web sites, … etc
www.rudi.net
www.scribd.com
5- Facilities required for teaching and learning
whiteboard
Data-Show
computer
Related software
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Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Course Content/ILO Matrix
Course
Content
a
1
a
2
a
3
a
4
a
5
a
6
a
7
a
8
b
1
b
2
b
3
b
4
b
5
c
1
c
2
c
3
c
4
d
1
d
2
d
3
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
1
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Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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
1
Course Coordinator: Associate Professor: Ahmed Shetawy
Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Wrap up and
course
review
Learning Method /ILO Matrix
Course
Content
a
1
a
2
a
3
a
4
a
5
a
6
a
7
a
8
b
1
b
2
b
3
b
4
b
5
c
1
c
2
c
3
c
4
d
1
d
2
d
3
Lecture
Tutorial
Assessment Methods /ILO Matrix
Assessment a
1
a
2
a
3
a
4
a
5
a
6
a
7
a
8
b
1
b
2
b
3
b
4
b
5
c
1
c
2
c
3
c
4
d
1
d
2
d
3
Presentation
s: assess
practical ,
intellectual
and
transferable
skills and
attitudes
Final
reports:
assess
knowledge
of course
material
professional
and
intellectual
1
Course Coordinator: Associate Professor: Ahmed Shetawy
Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
and
transferable
skills
Final Term
Examinatio
n: assess
understandi
ng, practical
and
intellectual
and
transferable
skills
1
Course Coordinator: Dr. Mohamed A. Salheen
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Course specifications of
Housing Studies – UPL (614) 2011/2012
University: Ain Shams Faculty: Engineering
Programme on which the course is given: Master of Science in Engineering (M.Sc.) in Urban
Planning
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 M.Sc. and PhD.
Date of specification approval: 8/6/2012
A- Basic Information
Title: Housing Studies Code: UPL (614)
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:
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.
2- Intended learning outcomes of course (ILOs)
a. Knowledge and understanding
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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Course Coordinator: Dr. Mohamed A. Salheen
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
b. Intellectual skills
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
c. Professional and practical skills
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
d. General and transferable skills
d1- Search for data using Internet explorer
d2- Prepare presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint
3- Contents
No Course Content Lecture Tutorial Total
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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Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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
15 Wrap up and course review 3 0 3
Total 24 21 45
4- Assessment schedule
Assessment method No Description Week
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
discussion in class 3 10
Final term
examination 4 Assess understanding, practical and
intellectual skills - 60
Total 100 %
5- List of references
a. Course notes
-Developed by course instructor
b. Essential books (text books)
- ---- ---- ----
c. Recommended books
- ---- ---- ----
6- Facilities required for teaching and learning
1
Course Coordinator: Dr. Mohamed A. Salheen
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Lecture Hall, Data show, Computer.
Course Content/ILO Matrix
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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Course Coordinator: Dr. Mohamed A. Salheen
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Learning Method /ILO Matrix
Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2
Lecture
Tutorial
Assessment Methods /ILO Matrix
Assessment a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2
Presentations : Assess
knowledge of course
material, intellectual
skills and attitudes
Final assignment:
Assess knowledge of
course material,
intellectual and
practical skills
Final term examination
:Assess understanding,
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
Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Course specifications of
Cities in the Age of Globalization UPL 617
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 PhD
Date of specification approval: 8/6/2012
A- Basic Information
Title: Cities in the Age of Globalization Code: UPL 617
Credit Hours: 3 hours Lecture: 3 hours
Tutorial : o Practical: o
Total: 3 hours
B- Professional Information 1- Overall aims of course
By the end of the course the students will be able to:
- 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
2- Intended learning outcomes of course (ILOs)
a. Knowledge and understanding
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
b. Intellectual skills
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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Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
.
c. Professional and practical skills
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
1
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. Shakik El Wakeel
Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
13 Application to Cairo 0 3 3
14-15 Report delivery and General discussion and
oral test
0 6 6
Total 15 30 45
4- Assessment schedule
Assessment method No Description Week
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 %
5- List of references
a. Course notes
b. Essential books (text books)
c. Recommended books
d. Periodicals, Web sites, … etc
6- Facilities required for teaching and learning
Blackboard in lectures, labs, tutorials
Computers for students in the labs
Overhead Projectors in lectures
Data-Shows in lectures
Related software
Course Content/ILO Matrix
Course Content a1 a2 a3 b1 b2 b3 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2 d3
week 1 * *
week 2 *
1
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. Shakik El Wakeel
Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Week 3 * * *
Week 4 * *
Week 5 * * *
Week 6 *
Week 7 * *
Week 8 *
Week 9 * *
Week 10 * * *
Week11 * * *
Week 12 * * *
Week 13 * * * *
Week 14-15 * *
Learning Method /ILO Matrix
Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2 d3
Lecture * * * * * *
Tutorial * * * * * * *
Assessment Methods /ILO Matrix
Assessment a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2 d3
Presentations : Assess
practical, intellectual
skills and attitudes
* * * * *
1
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. Shakik El Wakeel
Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Final report: Assess
knowledge of course
material and
intellectual skills
* * *
Final term examination
:Assess understanding,
practical and
intellectual skills
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
1
Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Bashayer Khairy
Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Course specifications of
Eco-Tourism 626 UPL
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 M.Sc.
Date of specification approval: 8/6/2012
A- Basic Information
Title: Eco-Tourism Code: UPL 617
Credit Hours: 3 hours Lecture: 2
Discussion : 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:
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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Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Bashayer Khairy
Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
2- Intended learning outcomes of course (ILOs)
a. Knowledge and understanding
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..
b. Intellectual skills
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.
c. Professional and practical skills
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.
d. General and transferable skills
These skills include the ability to:
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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Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
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
4- Assessment schedule
Assessment method No Description Week
No Weight (%)
Final and Pre Final
Report 2
Assess knowledge of course material
professional and intellectual skills 14,15 40
Final Term
examination 1 Assess understanding, practical and
intellectual skills <16 60
Total 100 %
5- List of references
a. Course notes
-Developed by course coordinator
b. Essential books (text books)
1
Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Bashayer Khairy
Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Recommended Books
Lectures written by course coordinators.
c. Periodicals, Web Sites, … etc
www.ecotourim.com (united nations)
6- Facilities required for teaching and learning
Computers for students in the labs
Overhead Projectors in lectures
Data-Shows in lectures
Related software
Course Content/ILO Matrix
Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 c1 c2 d1 d2
week 1 * * * *
week 2 * *
week 3 * * *
week 4 *
week 5 * * *
Week 6 * * * *
week 7 * * * *
week 8 *
week 9 * * *
week 10 *
week 11 * * * *
week 12 *
week 13 * *
week 14 * * * *
Week 15 * * * * * *
Learning Method /ILO Matrix
Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 c1 c2 d1 d2
Lecture * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Discussion * * * * * * * * * * * * *
1
Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Bashayer Khairy
Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Assessment Methods /ILO Matrix
Assessment a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 c1 c2 d1 d2
Final and Pre Final
Report * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Final Term
examination * * * * * * * * * * * * *
1
Course Coordinator: Professor: Shafak El-Wakeel , Assistant Professor: Ahmed Sami
Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: / /
Course specifications of
Waterfront development - UPL 629
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: ………..
A- Basic Information
Title: Waterfront development Code: UPL 629
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 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.
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 waterfront
development.
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Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: / /
a2- Recognize the link between urban development planning and waterfront areas
inside the cities
a3- Differentiate between the (Sea – river – lake) front developments.
b. Intellectual skills
By the end of the course students will be able to:
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
c. Professional and practical skills
By the end of the course students will be able to:
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
d. General and transferable skills
By the end of the course students will be able to:
d1- Communicate effectively with others.
d2- Present data and case studies
d3- Search for data.
3- Contents
No Course Content Lecture Tutorial Total
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
1
Course Coordinator: Professor: Shafak El-Wakeel , Assistant Professor: Ahmed Sami
Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: / /
8 Weighting criteria for intervention methods
Group presentation of case study material 2 1 3
9 Rivers, Seas and lakes and redevelopment potentials
Group presentation of case study material 2 1 3
10 Nile river and urban development within Greater Cairo
Region
Group presentation of case study material
2 1 3
11 Strategy of Development
Group presentation of case study material 2 1 3
12 Determine the mutual effects
Group presentation of case study material 2 1 3
13 Redevelopment considerations
Group presentation of case study material 2 1 3
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
4- Assessment schedule
Assessment
method No Description Week No
Weight
(%)
Presentations 1 Assess practical , intellectual and
transferable skills and attitudes
8,9, 10, 11,
12, 13,14,
15
25
Final Reports 2
Assess knowledge of course material
professional and intellectual and transferable
skills
15 15
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
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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Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: / /
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.
c. Recommended books
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).
d. Periodicals, Web sites, … etc
www.city.toronto.on.ca/ waterfront
www.visitthames.co.uk
www.geograph.org.uk
www.riverthamesalliance.com
www.scribd.com
6- Facilities required for teaching and learning
whiteboard
1
Course Coordinator: Professor: Shafak El-Wakeel , Assistant Professor: Ahmed Sami
Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: / /
Data-Show
computer
Related software
Course Content/ILO Matrix
Course Content a1 a2 a3 b1 b2 b3 c1 c2 c3 c4 d1 d2 d3
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
Group presentation of case study
material
Nile river and urban development
within Greater Cairo Region
Group presentation of case study
material
Strategy of Development
Group presentation of case study
material
Determine the mutual effects
Group presentation of case study
material
Redevelopment considerations
Group presentation of case study
material presentation of case study
material
1
Course Coordinator: Professor: Shafak El-Wakeel , Assistant Professor: Ahmed Sami
Head of Department: Professor: Omar El Hosseiny
Date: / /
Final Group presentation of case
study
Final Group presentation of case
study / Open discussion / Final
report submission
Learning Method /ILO Matrix
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 Methods /ILO Matrix
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
Course Coordinator: Dr. Marwa A. Khalifa
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Course specifications of
Energy Conservation and the Built Environment – UPL (642) 2011/2012
University: Ain Shams Faculty: Engineering
Programme on which the course is given: Master of Science in Engineering (M.Sc.) in Urban
Planning
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 M.Sc. and PhD.
Date of specification approval: 8/6/2012
A- Basic Information
Title: Energy Conservation and the Built
Environment
Code: UPL (642)
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:
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.
2- Intended learning outcomes of course (ILOs)
a. Knowledge and understanding
A1- Define the different components of environment: the natural environment, the socio
– economic environment and 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
1
Course Coordinator: Dr. Marwa A. Khalifa
Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
b. Intellectual skills
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
c. Professional and practical skills
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
d. General and transferable skills
d1- Search for data using Internet explorer
d2- Prepare presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint
3- Contents
No Course Content Lecture Tutorial Total
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
15 Wrap up and course review 3 0 3
Total 24 21 45
4- Assessment schedule
Assessment method No Description Week
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
discussion in class 3 10
Final term 4 Assess understanding, practical and
intellectual skills - 60
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examination
Total 100 %
5- List of references
a. Course notes
-Developed by course instructor
b. Essential books (text books)
- ---- ---- ----
c. Recommended books
- 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.
Periodicals, Web sites, … etc
- ---- ---- ----
6- Facilities required for teaching and learning
Lecture Hall, Data show, Computer.
Course Content/ILO Matrix
Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2
Definitions and
Concept
Energy resources
in Egypt
Energy
Sustainability
Conceptual
Framework (The
Proper Approach)
Green & Brown
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Head of Department: Prof. Omar M. El-Hosseiny
Date: 8/6/2012
Learning Method /ILO Matrix
Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2
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.
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Date: 8/6/2012
Lecture
Tutorial
Assessment Methods /ILO Matrix
Assessment a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2
Presentations : Assess
knowledge of course
material, intellectual
skills and attitudes
Final assignment:
Assess knowledge of
course material,
intellectual and
practical skills
Final term examination
:Assess understanding,
practical and
intellectual skills
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Course specifications of
Research Methodology UPL644
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
Date of specification approval: 18-6-2012
A- Basic Information
Title: Research Methodology 2 Code: UPl 644
Credit Hours: 3 hours Lecture: 2
Discussion : 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:
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.
2- Intended learning outcomes of course (ILOs)
a. Knowledge and understanding
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”.
b. Intellectual skills
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.
c. Professional and practical skills
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.
d. General and transferable skills
These skills include the ability to:
d1- Communicate effectively with others.
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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14-15 General topic related to the research 4 2 6
Total 30 15 45
4- Assessment schedule
Assessment method No Description Week
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
examination 3 Assess understanding, practical and
intellectual skills <16 60
Total 100 %
5- List of references
a. Course notes
-Developed by course coordinator and reviewed by course coordinator
b. Essential books (text books)
c. Recommended books
d. Periodicals, Web sites, … etc
6- Facilities required for teaching and learning
Computers for students in the labs
Overhead Projectors in lectures
Data-Shows in lectures
Related software
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Course Content/ILO Matrix
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
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Head of Department: Prof. Omar El Hosseiny
Date: / /
Learning Method /ILO Matrix
Course Content a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 c1 c2 c3 c4 d1 d2 d3 d4
Lecture
Discussion
Assessment Methods /ILO Matrix
Assessment a1 a2 a3 a4 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 c1 c2 c3 d1 d2 d3 d4
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