All Outputs (2)

The outdoor thermal benchmarks in Melbourne urban climate (2018)
Journal Article
Kenawy, I., & Elkadi, H. (2018). The outdoor thermal benchmarks in Melbourne urban climate. Sustainable Cities and Society, 43, 587-600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2018.09.004

Outdoor thermal comfort significantly influences the users’ experience in urban places; affecting their extent of usage. The paper aims to identify the outdoor thermal benchmarks for the temperate oceanic (Cfb) climate zones in Australia. It examines... Read More about The outdoor thermal benchmarks in Melbourne urban climate.

From engineering to evolutionary, an overarching approach in identifying the resilience of urban design to flood (2018)
Journal Article
Abdulkareem, M., & Elkadi, H. (2018). From engineering to evolutionary, an overarching approach in identifying the resilience of urban design to flood. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 28, 176-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.02.009

Resilient urban design has become an essential theme for cities to withstand the rapidly escalating natural and human-induced disasters, yet cities and their infrastructure are becoming vulnerable and more threatened as the flood protection measures... Read More about From engineering to evolutionary, an overarching approach in identifying the resilience of urban design to flood.