Fatmaelzahraa Hussein

• Doctor of Philosophy, Architecture and Interior Architecture
• Assistant Professor at United Arab Emirates University

This research investigates the viewpoints of both users and professionals regarding a specific intervention in a pedestrian path, as a way of building an intervention agenda. The study delves into the characteristics of pedestrian paths, concerning path attributes in relation to physical improvement interventions and their impact on enhancing the o...

State sanctioned removal of Australian Aboriginal children from family, culture, and country has had harmful and traumatic effects on the Survivors of this process and their children. Known as the Stolen Generations, children were detained in government settlements and church missions and stripped of Aboriginality. This article explores ways that a...

The challenges of multistakeholder innovation in smart city projects can be navigated through collaboration and a clear understanding of each organisation’s values, technology, user groups, and potential policy changes. Increasing technology use in urban development projects brings numerous challenges, such as technology redundancy, varying stakeho...

Definition Defensible space is the concept of creating spaces that include a series of architectural guidelines that are used when designing a new urban residential area to promote both the territorial claim of the residential groups to their surroundings and their ability to conduct natural surveillance of their spaces. Constructing safe environme...

Although grounded theory (GT) has emerged as a popular research approach across multiple areas of social science, it has been less widely taken up by researchers working in the fields of urban planning and design. The application of GT enables uniquely innovative insights to be gained from qualitative data, but it has attracted criticism and brings...

A crucial element in the human search for well-being is achieving a sense of identity within, and belonging to, the landscape in which we live. Landscape should be understood as not only the visible environment but the affective values we attach to it and how we shape it in our mind’s eye. These inner reflections of our landscapes constitute one of...

Historic urban landscapes (HULs) are composed of layers of imbedded tangible and intangible features such as cultural memories. As the collective memories of city inhabitants, cultural memories can affect elements of social sustainability such as health, well-being, community identity, place perception and social engagement. Utilising the popular Z...

Historic urban landscapes (HULs) are composed of layers of history and memories that are embedded in physical monuments, buildings, and memorials. Physical built fabric stores both personal and cultural memory through long association with communities. Rapid changes due to demolition and redevelopment change the nature of these places and, in turn,...

Globalization is associated with significant transformations in city forms and cultural and social performances. Governments and cultural heritage organisations increasingly appreciate the importance of preserving diverse physical cultural heritage through rehabilitation and the implementation of conservation plans. Nevertheless, there is a need to...

One of our deepest needs as humans for achieving well-being is the sense of identity and belonging to our landscapes. These landscapes are more than what we see with our eyes, they are also what we interpret with our minds and what we value for intangible emotional reasons. They are considered to be the richest live records of our memories. Landsca...

The poster was awarded a finalist recognition certificate in the Curtin University Research Rumble posters competition 2019. It gives an over view on my Ph.D. thesis the role of cultural memory in achieving psychosocial well-being in historic urban landscape (HUL) conservation.

This book contains the research done for the fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Science in Architecture Engineering and Environmental Design at the Arab Academy for science and Technology and Maritime Transport. The book covers all the cultural heritage, architectural and urban conservation definitions, theories...

The processes of globalization, notable at all levels of contemporary world, and tied to processes of homogenization, especially in architecture and urban design, are affecting the definition of the place and its identity and culture. This paper conduct a thorough study on the prototype of dwellings in Abotej which is an ancient city in Assuit gov...

The processes of globalization, notable at all levels of contemporary world, and tied to processes of homogenization, especially in architecture and urban design, are affecting the definition of the place and its identity and culture. This paper conduct a thorough study on the prototype of dwellings in Abotej which is an ancient city in Assuit gove...

Abuqir Bay region in the eastern part of Alexandria is a promising site that needs to be developed in order to compete in the touristic map of Alexandria, Egypt. This coastal zone can be an axis for development as result of hosting important distinguished fortresses that form an attraction poles for internal and external tourism. Historic buildings...

The increasing attractiveness of the tourism industry leads new destinations to emerge and established destinations to maximize their efforts in order to defend and increase their competitive positions. Besides, high level of vulnerability because of the economic crisis, regional conflicts, natural disasters etc. increases the competition among the...

The increasing attractiveness of the tourism industry leads new destinations to emerge and established destinations to maximize their efforts in order to defend and increase their competitive positions. Besides, high level of vulnerability because of the economic crisis, regional conflicts, natural disasters etc. increases the competition among the...