All Outputs (116)

Socio-Spatial Framework to Improve Air Quality in Transit-Oriented Development (2025)
Thesis

This research focuses on air quality management in Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) neighbourhoods, addressing the complex interplay between urban design, community behaviour, and regulatory policies. TODs, while promoting sustainable urban develop... Read More about Socio-Spatial Framework to Improve Air Quality in Transit-Oriented Development.

Thermographic Analysis of Green Wall and Green Roof Plant Types under Levels of Water Stress (2024)
Journal Article
Elkadi, H., Seifhashemi, M., & Lauwerijssen, R. (2024). Thermographic Analysis of Green Wall and Green Roof Plant Types under Levels of Water Stress. Sustainability, 16(19), 8685. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16198685

Urban green infrastructure (UGI) plays a vital role in mitigating climate change risks, including urban development-induced warming. The effective maintenance and monitoring of UGI are essential for detecting early signs of water stress and preventin... Read More about Thermographic Analysis of Green Wall and Green Roof Plant Types under Levels of Water Stress.

Prioritising urban heat island mitigation interventions: Mapping a heat risk index. (2024)
Journal Article
Elmarakby, E., & Elkadi, H. (2024). Prioritising urban heat island mitigation interventions: Mapping a heat risk index. Science of the Total Environment, 948, Article 174927. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174927

The global climate is under threat from increasing extreme heat, evidenced by rising temperatures and a surge in hot days. Heat waves are intensifying worldwide, impacting cities and residents, as demonstrated by the record-breaking heat experienced... Read More about Prioritising urban heat island mitigation interventions: Mapping a heat risk index..

Evaluation of the indoor environment in a historic museum during the COVID-19 lockdown in Northwest England (2024)
Journal Article
Al-Maiyah, S., Brett Martinson, D., & Elkadi, H. (in press). Evaluation of the indoor environment in a historic museum during the COVID-19 lockdown in Northwest England. Building Research and Information, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2024.2339207

Monitoring the quality of the indoor environment is a practice commonly adopted by museums as part of operational risk management. Recorded environmental data are often used to assess the safety of the indoor environment for artefacts, and their suit... Read More about Evaluation of the indoor environment in a historic museum during the COVID-19 lockdown in Northwest England.

Comprehending particulate matter dynamics in transit-oriented developments: Traffic as a generator and design as a captivator (2024)
Journal Article
Elmarakby, E., & Elkadi, H. (2024). Comprehending particulate matter dynamics in transit-oriented developments: Traffic as a generator and design as a captivator. Science of the Total Environment, 931, 172528. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172528

In Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), the close integration of residential structures with community activities and traffic heightens residents' exposure to traffic-related pollutants. Despite traffic being a primary source of particulate matter (PM... Read More about Comprehending particulate matter dynamics in transit-oriented developments: Traffic as a generator and design as a captivator.

Impact of urban morphology on Urban Heat Island in Manchester's transit-oriented development (2024)
Journal Article
Elmarakby, E., & Elkadi, H. (2024). Impact of urban morphology on Urban Heat Island in Manchester's transit-oriented development. Journal of Cleaner Production, 434, 140009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.140009

This study delves into the relationship between urban morphology and the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect in Manchester's transit-oriented development (TOD). Using various analytical methods, including context analysis, remote sensing, SPSS correlation... Read More about Impact of urban morphology on Urban Heat Island in Manchester's transit-oriented development.

A Biomimicry Model for Design of Building Facades (2023)
Thesis

It is increasingly recognised that the built environment and subsequently buildings are
significant contributors to many drivers of global environmental degradation, including
climate change, loss of biodiversity, and reductions in the ability of e... Read More about A Biomimicry Model for Design of Building Facades.

A Catalyst Approach for Smart Ecological Urban Corridors at Disused Waterways (2023)
Journal Article
Elkadi, H., & Biscaya, S. (2023). A Catalyst Approach for Smart Ecological Urban Corridors at Disused Waterways. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 8(3), https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v8i3.6866

Green and blue infrastructures have always played a key role in shaping European cities, acting as drivers for urban and rural development and regeneration. There is a reawakening of consciousness by European cities towards their waterways following... Read More about A Catalyst Approach for Smart Ecological Urban Corridors at Disused Waterways.

UNESCO Presentation (2022)
Data

Elkadi H (2021) Social Networks and mitigation against climate change, Keynote speech, Urgent Interventions to Build Socio-Ecological Systems Resilience to Natural Hazards in MENA region, UNESCO, 11 Nov 2021

MOVE_Photo_sensor_installation (2022)
Data

Photos of the installation of sensors at Salford Museum

SMAG Data Processing (2022)
Data

Data processing procedures for sensors' data installed at Salford museum

SensorData_IndoorEnvironment (2022)
Data

This folder includes the sensor data from the Salford Museum in Manchester for measuring indoor environment (temperature, humidity and other factors).

CRAFT_Photos_TraditionalTrendCrafts (2022)
Data

The repository provides a profile of the furniture industry patterns, practices and community culture in Damietta, Egypt. These include images of traditional and digitised craft practices, as well as the city and urban distribution of enterprises rel... Read More about CRAFT_Photos_TraditionalTrendCrafts.

CRAFT-Maps_GIS (2022)
Data

These are the geospatial analysis of the survey data for Damietta's furniture industry social capital network. The pins represent individual enterprises in the city and region. The different survey questions informed the layers of understanding of th... Read More about CRAFT-Maps_GIS.

Mapping social capital networks of furniture industry - resilience to climate emergency in Damietta city, Egypt (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The evolution of people, their economies, and the physical space in which they live are formulated and are in constant change through the dynamic interactions between actors in the community . Hence, understanding community networks and their reflect... Read More about Mapping social capital networks of furniture industry - resilience to climate emergency in Damietta city, Egypt.

Aesthetic appealing wall insulation: A novel approach for uptake of solid wall insulation in the UK (2022)
Journal Article
Seifhashemi, S., & Elkadi, H. (2022). Aesthetic appealing wall insulation: A novel approach for uptake of solid wall insulation in the UK. Building and Environment, 224, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BUILDENV.109550

Solid wall dwellings in the UK are in urgent need for energy retrofit to support achieving the UK net-zero strategies in the building sector and reduce fuel poverty. Several barriers are a cause of uncertainty for householders about Solid Wall 1nsula... Read More about Aesthetic appealing wall insulation: A novel approach for uptake of solid wall insulation in the UK.

Manchester Ship Canal : back to the future for disused European waterways (2021)
Book

This book investigates how urban/rural patterns provide differing conditions for living and working. The project is to read and analyse these urban/rural settlement structures and provide insight into the patterns of living and working that have form... Read More about Manchester Ship Canal : back to the future for disused European waterways.

Student experience and the design of campus outdoor spaces : an optimized assessment and comparative cross-case analysis at Universities from two leading nations – England, UK & California, US (2021)
Thesis
Gabr, M. Student experience and the design of campus outdoor spaces : an optimized assessment and comparative cross-case analysis at Universities from two leading nations – England, UK & California, US. (Thesis). University of Salford

Universities are recently pressured to attracting more students and achieving higher rankings. Students’ experience is found to be one of the keyways universities are differentiating themselves. Universities aim to offer diverse landscape settings to... Read More about Student experience and the design of campus outdoor spaces : an optimized assessment and comparative cross-case analysis at Universities from two leading nations – England, UK & California, US.

The role of aesthetics in energy-retrofit strategies: the case of solid wall houses in the UK (2021)
Thesis

Solid wall dwellings are responsible for 36% of the carbon emission from the
domestic sector in the UK. Among energy retrofit measures, Solid Wall
Insulation (SWI) is the most effective in reducing energy demand. However,
the current rate for insu... Read More about The role of aesthetics in energy-retrofit strategies: the case of solid wall houses in the UK.

The regulations and reality of indoor environmental standards for objects and visitors in museums (2021)
Journal Article
Elkadi, H., Al-Maiyah, S., Fielder, K., Kenawy, I., & Martinson, B. (2021). The regulations and reality of indoor environmental standards for objects and visitors in museums. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 152, 111653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111653

The management of indoor microclimates is an important function of museum operations, a topic that has recently received growing attention. The way in which museum microclimates are specified is still not well documented universally, particularly in... Read More about The regulations and reality of indoor environmental standards for objects and visitors in museums.