ميرهام محمد حسنى انور قلج

مدرس في التخطيط العمرانى

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نبذة مختصرة

Merham has studied architecture at Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, where she gained her BSc in 2011 with distinction. She was appointed as a teaching assistant at Urban Planning and Design Department, Ain Shams University. And since June 2012 she has been working as a research assistant where she took part in writing several research proposals, conducting desktop researches, assisting in writing scientific papers, as well as organizing workshops. She was a team member of the organization committee of the Eco Cities World Summit 2015, Abu Dhabi. Merham has publications in international conferences mainly focusing on the relation between the urban settings and people’s perceptions and engagement. Meanwhile she has gained her Master’s Degree entitled ‘Accessibility as a main factor for the livability of public spaces – Cairo Districts as a case study’. Merham is now a PhD fellow at Oxford Brookes University studying Placemaking in relation to Green Infrastructure in the context of Cairo, Egypt as an example of rapidly growing Global South cities. The research shall shed the lights on the different opportunities in the current landscape of Cairo that can stimulate better value to the current green spaces provision practices in order to achieve a better value for the city and its inhabitants.

الجوائز التقديرية

April 2017: Joint Supervision Scholarship - Newton Mosharafa.

الأبحاث

1. , " Prospects of Placemaking progression in Arab cities ", Journal of Public Space, 2020
2. , " Public Perception of Environmental Change in Rapidly Growing Cities: the Case of Cairo, Egypt ", Real Corp 2020, 2020
3. , " Understanding people's needs for a vivid public realm as a key towards enhancing modern neighbourhoods' liveability. Nasr City in Cairo as a case study ", Journal of Public Space, 2019
4. Keleg, M.M., Butina Watson, G., Salheen, M.A., " A critical review for Cairo’s green open spaces dynamics as a prospect to act as placemaking anchors ", Urban Design International, 2022
5. Keleg, M., Butina Watson, G., Salheen, M.A., " The path to resilience: Change, landscape aesthetics, and socio-cultural identity in rapidly urbanising contexts. The case of Cairo, Egypt ", Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 2021
6. , " Prospects of Placemaking Progression in Arab cities ", The Journal of Public Space, 2020
7. , " Understanding people’s needs for a vivid public realm as a key towards enhancing modern neighbourhoods’ liveability. Nasr City in Cairo as a case study ", The Journal of Public Space, 2019
8. Keleg, M.M., Abdel Latif, M.M., Salheen, M.A.K., " Towards an Integrated Model of Livability of Public Spaces in Middle Income Neighborhoods ", SSRN, 2018
9. Keleg, Merham M., Watson, Georgia Butina, Salheen, Mohamed A., " A critical review for Cairo's green open spaces dynamics as a prospect to act as placemaking anchors ", Urban Design International, 2022
10. Merham Keleg, Marwa Abdel Lati, Mohamed Salheen, " Towards an Integrated Model of Livability of Public Spaces in Middle Income Neighborhoods ", SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017