Advances in Architecture, Engineering and Technology

This book summarizes the latest studies regarding innovation in urban design and planning. It shares many tips and insights about sustainable solutions for the issues facing transport systems, innovative digital technologies, and ICT trends. The book touches upon the need to integrate the three fields of Architecture, Engineering, and Technology that have become indispensable. This is intended to respond to the increasing human needs and population growth in cities on one hand and to develop a holistic approach that helps overcome challenges to sustainability and environment management on the other hand. With the power of engineering in practice, problems of design and development once considered too complex to be dealt with other than empirically, intuitively, or by trial and error, are now becoming more solvable and applicable. This book offers strategies and solutions that enable designers to bring together knowledge in the fields of architecture, engineering, and technology to overcome challenges facing in modern times.

Enriches understanding about innovation in urban design and planning Presents a novel interpretation of the integration of systems in the fields of Architecture, Engineering, and Technology Equips readers to handle complex topics such as sustainability of transport systems and transit hubs and ICT trends

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Professor of Sustainable Design and Architectural Engineering in the Faculty of Design, and Director of Research Centre at Arkin University of Creative Arts and Design (ARUCAD) in Kyrenia, Cyprus. He is a Chartered Architect (RIBA) and a Chartered Engineer (CIBSE) with over 20 years of academic and practice experience in the field of Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) in the Built Environment in UK, Europe, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions. Prof. Dr. Altan sits on a number of editorial boards and reviews project proposals for the European Commission, UK Research Councils, and Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) by Qatar Foundation. Since 2004, he has, singly or jointly, secured and directed 32 research grants worth over £21 million. He is a founding member of the International Network on Zero Energy Mass Custom Home (ZEMCH), which has so far organised eight international conferences, several design workshops, and numerous technical visits. As well ashaving supervised 17 successful PhD students, Prof. Dr. Altan has published over 250-refereed journal and conference papers in related fields. Samad Sepasgozar completed his Ph.D. in Engineering, Construction, and Management at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering UNSW Australia. The faculty of Engineering UNSW offered him Postdoctoral Fellowship, which was a competitive position for newly graduated students with a high-quality thesis. Samad's excellent research capability has been demonstrated by conducting an empirical study to investigate the extremely complex issues related to the practices of technology adoption and implementation in construction and develop a uniform framework for understanding the related processes. His recent papers clearly indicate his capability in mixed research methods (i.e., qualitative and quantitative) and in interdisciplinary areas of building construction, technology (e.g., equipment, BIM, and laser scanners) andmanagement (at organization and project levels). His other interested themes are related to creating needs and applications for new technologies (e.g., Geo-ICT, Laser Scanners, BIM, and GIS) in order to solve problems in construction, transportation, and urban planning. He also worked in other research areas such as green technologies, disaster management, and construction education. Alessandro Severino is graduated in Architecture and Engineering from the Kore University of Enna, Italy. In 2018, he obtained his PhD. Currently he works as an assistant professor at the University of Catania-Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, his scientific research is oriented to the construction, maintenance, and management of transport infrastructures and, more precisely, in the following disciplines: implementation of accident prediction road models; modeling of the operating conditions of road intersections regulated by traffic light schemes and roundabouts; analysis with advanced methods of microsimulation of transport infrastructure networks; applications of intelligent systems (ITS) in the management of road traffic and transport infrastructure networks; implementation of automated vehicle systems. AbdulLateef A. Olanrewaju is an assistant professor at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. He gained his master of science in the built environment from the International Islamic University Malaysia and his doctorate from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Malaysia. He received his quantity surveying education at Kaduna Polytechnic, Nigeria. His academic activities center on lecturing and research associated with value management, research methodology, and construction project management. He has authored and co-authored several scientific papers. Olanrewaju is a referee for leading journals. His current research and proficiency concentrates on: building maintenance, affordable housing delivery, ethical issues in construction

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Integrated Design Concept for Identifiable Commercial Heritage Tourism in Tunjungan District of Surabaya City.- Environmental product declarations for building materials: advantages, limits, developments.- Public-private partnerships in Romanian new urban developments - a potential valuable instrument in the privatization era.- Interaction of prehistoric heritage with today's landscape: the case study of Arslantepe Mound (Malatya/TURKEY).- HygroMorphs: Exploring Morphologies of Architectural Adaptive Systems using Hygroscopic Properties of Wood.- Analyzing Public Transport System in Twin Cities of Rawalpindi/Islamabad.- Assessing the environmental aspects of road network resiliency.