Maisam Rafiee

Maisam Rafiee
Leibniz Universität Hannover · Institute of Environmental Planning

Master of Engineering
Doctoral Student; Research on Nature-Based Solutions and their impact on the local climate of Kabul-Afghanistan

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Introduction
Improving ecosystem services, which have received less attention due to various political and governmental issues in Afghanistan, is a gap for policymakers and planners at regional and national levels. Importantly, there is no practice of Nature-based solution (NBS) throughout the country, however, this study will explore similar concepts or slightly close to the NBS throughout the city of Kabul where the impact of NBS on local climate is significant.
Skills and Expertise
Urban Planning
Urban Management
Land readjustment
Land Use Planning
Urban Redevelopment
Environmental Planning
nature-based solutions
Landscape Planning
Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem Service Mapping
Additional affiliations
October 2015 - September 2018
Miyazaki University
Miyazaki University
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Miyazaki, Japan
Position
  • Master Student
Education
October 2016 - September 2018
Miyazaki University
Miyazaki University
Field of study
  • Engineering
June 2011 - March 2013
Bakhtar University
Field of study
  • Civil Engineering
March 2009 - July 2010
Kardan Institute of Higher Education
Kardan Institute of Higher Education
Field of study
  • Business Administration

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Fig. 1 Urban land types in Kabul and their percentages [4] 
Fig. 2 Afghanistan Province boundary. Source: Ministry of Urban...
Fig. 3 Location of Districts 3 and 5 on the Kabul City district map....
Fig. 4 Locations of study areas. Source: adapted from Kabul...
Effects-of-the-In-Situ-Upgrading-Project-in-Afghanistan-A-Case-Study-on-the-Formally-and-Informally-Developed-Areas-in-Kabul
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  • May 2018
Cities in Afghanistan have been rapidly urbanized; however, many parts of these cities have been developed with no detailed land use plan or infrastructure. In other words, they have been informally developed without any government leadership. The new government started the In-situ Upgrading Project in Kabul to upgrade roads, the water supply netwo...
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