Ghada Farouk Hassan Profile

Ghada Farouk Hassan

Professor at Urban Planning

Career Information

Academic Information

Brief

Dr Ghada is currently head of the department of urban design and planning
Dr Ghada was leading an applied research about the demarcation of needs in existing cities using GIS and demographic data, in order to define comprehensively the deprived areas in el Menya City.This study was the initiation for an innovative approach to deal with the unplanned areas on the national level, managed by the ISDF.
Dr. Ghada was participating in preparing the future strategic vision of Cairo 2050 managed by the GOPP, she was responsible of the urban studies, analysis and the coordination with other specialties. she was also involved in the urban surveys and building database of the main agglomeration of Cairo,

She had also participated in the preparation of the strategic urban development plan (SUP) of 50 cities, managed by UN-Habitat as a team leader and urban planner. She had also participated in the implementation of the “Regional Urban Sector Profile Study” (RUSPS) research action-oriented project sponsored by UN-HABITAT in both Suez and Alexandria cities.

Dr Ghada is currently the consultant of participatory planning at the GOPP engaged to document and evaluate the participatory process followed in the project of the future Cairo vision and as the team leader responsible of the componant of the participatory planning the third phase of the project

Dr Ghada was leading the pilot project of slum upgrading through participation (El Matarya district) that was held by the GOPP. Also she had participating in the inventory and the surveys and the classification for unsafe areas in Egypt as consultant at ISDF (Informal Settlement Development Funds). She was involved in preparing the strategies for dealing with informal settlements in Egypt achieved by the GOPP. Also she was the participating in the urban upgrading of Abouhashish area, Cairo gavernorate, Ezbat Maamoon area, ElFayoum governrate.

In the domain of urban design, dr Ghada was participating as urban designer and landscaper in many projects in Half Moon Beach development project, and KAND project at Saudi Arabia

Dr ghada has many publications concerning the Regeneration Of Inner Cities, Participation, and Urban Planning

Books

1 LOCALISATION OF RAPID URBAN SECTOR PROFILING FOR SUSTAINABILITY (RUSPS) IN EGYPT UN-HABITAT UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME Regional Office for Africa and the Arab States 2006

2 PARTICIPATION SLUM UPGRADING Documented experience from Ismailia, Egypt UN-HABITAT& UNDP 2011

Articles

 Informal Settlement: A Tricky Query International published at the proceedings of Conference SB13 November 2013 Fairmont Hotel, Cairo

 Distribution of Densities Within Metropolitan Cities - The Case Of Greater Cairo Region published at JAUES ISSN:1110-6409 in 2011

 Efficiency Of Participation In Planning- Comparative Study Between Two Experiences Applied In Egypt published atAEJ – ALSEVIER- Volume 50, Issue 2, June 2011, Pages 203-212

 Review & Re-Evaluation of The Successive Housing Policies In Egypt published at JAUES ISSN:1110-6409 in 2011

 The Enabling Approach For Housing Supply - drawbacks & prerequisites piblished at AEJ – ALSEVIER Volume 50, Issue 2, June 2011 Pages 421-429

 Regeneration As An Approach- for the development of informal settlements in metropolitan published at AEJ – ALSEVIER-Volume 51, Issue 3, September 2012 -Pages 229-23

 Participatory Planning Experiences in Egyptian Cities: Pragmatic Approach towards Sustainability published at The international conference of sustainable architecture and urban development 2010

 Water front of the Nile River and tourism potential: comparison study between the banks of the River Nile islands of Zamalek and El-Roda published at Al Azhar University Journal 2010

 The Analysis of the Activities related to the Nile river in the CBD area in the Greater Cairo Region published at Ain Shams Journal of Architectural Engineering (A S J A E) Vol. 1.No. 1 ISSN: 1687-8604 december 2009

 The Environmental Dimension In the Rapid Urban Sector Profile for Sustainability (RUSPS) as an Effective Tool for Achieving Environmental Sustainability in Egyptian Cities Published at the International conferences of Ain Shams ASCEE April 2007

 Developing Innovative Approaches for Financing Housing to Meet the Challenge of Affordable Shelter for the Urban Poor in Egypt published at international GOPP Conferences December 2006

 Conflict between Tourism and Industrial development along Suez north coasts , INTA Conference March 2005

 Evaluating The Sustainability Of The Landscape Network In H. Frey Model Of Sustainable City -Published at Cairo university first conference, 2004

 Health Neighborhoods, Towards Achieving Sustainability, Brasilia Conference 2004

 Decentralization Of Urban Governance & Its Importance In Realizing Sustainable Urban Settlement. Published at the Arabic Regional Conference at Dec.2003- Cairo.

 The Natural Reserves Within Urban Context – Case of AlGhaba Al Motahaguerah Published at Al Azhar Forth Conference – 2003

 Sustainable Development Of The Historic Areas Around Magra Al Oyoun –Published at Al Fayoum Conference For Tourism Development 2002

 The Environmental Planning &Planning Principles for The Natural Reserved Areas
Analytical Comparison of Different Urban Fabric Forms

Publications

1. Nermine A. Fathallah, Samy Afifi, Rowaida Rashed, Ghada Farouk Hassan, " Deserted studio: evaluating remote-learning practices for the post-pandemic era ", Architectural Science Review, 2023
2. Nermine A. Fathallah, Samy Afifi, Rowaida Rashed, Ghada Farouk Hassan, " Deserted studio: evaluating remote-learning practices for the post-pandemic era ", Architectural Science Review, 2022
3. Moureen Asaad, Ghada Farouk Hassan, Abeer Elshater, Samy Afifi, " Analytical hierarchy process for ranking green neighbourhood efforts in the Middle East and North Africa region ", Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, 2023
4. El-Didy, M.H., Hassan, G.F., Afifi, S., Ismail, A., " Crowding between urban planning and environmental psychology: guidelines for bridging the gap ", Open House International, 2023
5. Asaad, M., Farouk Hassan, G., Elshater, A., Afifi, S., " Global South research priorities for neighbourhood sustainability assessment tools ", Open House International, 2023
6. Elrafie, N.S.S., Hassan, G.F., El Fayoumi, M.A., Ismail, A., " Investigating the perceived psychological stress in relevance to urban spaces’ different perceived personalities ", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2023
7. Helmy Mohamad, A., Farouk Hassan, G., S. Abd Elrahman, A., " Impacts of e-commerce on planning and designing commercial activities centers: A developed approach ", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2021
8. Farouk Hassan, G., Rashed, R., Mohsen EL Nagar, S., " Regenerative urban heritage model: Scoping review of paradigms’ progression ", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2022
9. Fathallah, N.A., Rashed, R., Afifi, S., Hassan, G.F., " Virtual Reality: A Paradigm Shift in Architecture and Urban Design Education ", 1st IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Annual On-Line Conference, ONCON 2022, 2022
10. Samih, B., Hassan, G.F., Serag, Y., Elshater, A., " Mostar versus beirut post conflict reconstruction: Argumentative review ", Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, 2020
11. Elrafie, N.S., Hassan, G.F., Abd Elrahman, A.S., Elfayoumi, M.A., " Assessing the effect of electromagnetic radiations on human beings in the built environment ", Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, 2019
12. , " Informal Settlement: A Tricky Query ", International Conference SB13 , 2013
13. Hassan, G.F., " Regeneration as an approach for the development of informal settlements in Cairo metropolitan ", Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2012
14. , " Distribution of Densities Within Metropolitan Cities - The Case Of Greater Cairo Region ", JAUES, 2011
15. Hassan, G.F., El Hefnawi, A., El Refaie, M., " Efficiency of participation in planning ", Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2011
16. , " PARTICIPATION SLUM UPGRADING Documented experience from Ismailia, Egypt ", UN-HABITAT& UNDP, 2011
17. , " Review & Re-Evaluation of The Successive Housing Policies In Egypt ", JAUES, 2011
18. Hassan, G.F., " The enabling approach for housing supply: Drawbacks & prerequisites - Egyptian experiences ", Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2011
19. , " Participatory Planning Experiences in Egyptian Cities: Pragmatic Approach towards Sustainability ", The international conference of sustainable architecture and urban development (SAUD 2010), 2010
20. , " LOCALISATION OF RAPID URBAN SECTOR PROFILING FOR SUSTAINABILITY (RUSPS) IN EGYPT ", UN-HABITAT UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME Regional Office for Africa and the Arab States, 2006