Volume 1, Issue 3 (2018)
SPECIAL ISSUE
Urban Health & Wellbeing Building Collaborative Intelligence for Better Lives in Cities
Under the patronage of Prof. Amr Galal El-Adawi, President, Beirut Arab University and on behalf of the organizing committee of UHWB18, we would like to welcome you to the International Conference on Urban Health & Wellbeing Building Collaborative Intelligence for Better Lives in Cities. Beirut Arab University (BAU) organizes this conference in partnership with International Science Council (ISC) and International Society for Urban Health (ISUH). UHWB18 is the premier multidisciplinary platform for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of Urban Health. The conference will bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars
in the domain of interest from around the world. Preceding this conference, BAU hosted two international workshops in collaboration with (ISC) global science program. The first is entitled “Systems Approaches for Enhancing Urban Health and Wellbeing”, and the second international workshop in collaboration with (ISC) and The Ecological Sequestration Trust (TEST) entitled “Urban Health and Wellbeing: Advancing Systems, Science and Technology- Implementing Resilience in the City Region of Beirut”.
HONORARY CHAIR
PROF.DR. AMR GALAL EL-ADAWI, President, Beirut Arab University
CHAIRS
PROF. DR. IBTIHAL EL-BASTAWISSI, Dean, Faculty of Architecture - Design & Built Environment
PROF. DR. FRANZ W. GATZWEILER, Executive director of the ISC-IAP-UNU global science programme on Urban Health and Wellbeing
Articles
ZERO CARBON CITY- MASDAR CITY CRITICAL ANALYSIS
WALID FOUAD OMAR Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts
MONITORING DAILY MOBILITY PATTERNS FOR UNIVERSITYSTUDENTS USING GPS TRACKING: TRIPOLI AS A CASE STUDY
NABIL MOHAREB Associate Professor , Faculty of Architecture, Design and Built Environment and OSAMA OMAR Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture – Design & Built Environment
DESIGNING FOR A HEALTHY AND CULTUREINTEGRATIVE URBAN ENVIRONMENT: THECASE STUDY OF AL-DIRIYAH TRIANGLE
SAMI AL-SABBAGH1 Architect,
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF URBAN BUILT ENVIRONMENTON MENTAL HEALTH(DEPRESSION): CASE STUDY OF DAMIETTA CITY, EGYPT
MONA MARIA Master Student, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering; HANY M. AYAD Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering; and RANIA RASLAN Lecturer (PhD Holder), Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering
ARCHITECTURE AGAINST CRIME
SALAH MISSI Teaching Professor, Faculty of Architecture – Design & Built Environment, and MAGED YOUSSEF Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture – Design & Built Environment
OCCUPANT SATISFACTION OF INDOOR ENVIRONMENTIN LIGHT OF INTEGRATED GREEN & WELL REQUIREMENTS
WAEL KAMEL Professor, Department of Construction and Building Engineering,; SHERINE SHAFIK Professor, Department of Architecture – Engineering & Environmental Design; and ESRAA ELGEZERY M.Sc. Researcher, Department of Architecture – Engineering & Environmental Design
DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS CONSUMPTION AMONG SPORTSMEN INLEBANON
BILAL AZAKIR Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine; GHAYDAA ABOU DAHER2 Faculty of Medicine; and AZZA ABOU Al Naga3 Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
BUILDING PERMIT: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE LEGALFRAMEWORK IN LEBANON
ALI MOURAD Assistant Professor, Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science
SENSORY SPATIAL APPRAISAL OF THE CHILD MEDICAL UNITOF MUSTAPHA PACHA HOSPITAL IN ALGIERS
NASSILA GHIDA Laboratoire Ville Architecture et Patrimoine- LVAP- and KENZA BOUSSORA Laboratoire Ville Architecture et Patrimoine- LVAP-
DEVELOPING A COLLABORATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR LINKINGWOMAN’S HEALTH, WALKABILITY WITH NEIGHBORHOODDESIGN: A PILOT STUDY IN BEIRUT
HIBA MOHSEN Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture-Design and Built Environment and HALA EL AHMADIEH Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine
DESIGNING NON-STRESSED PSYCHOLOGICAL PUBLIC SPACES
ESLAM ELSAMAHY Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture-Design and Built Environment, and RANA ABD EL-FATTAH Lecturer (PhD Holder), Department of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts
CO-DESIGNING A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY:A COMPREHENSIVE MOBILITY PLANFOR SAIDA’S WATERFRONT
M OHAMAD TOHME Research Assistant, Faculty of Architecture-Design and Built Environment, and HIBA MOHSEN Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture-Design and Built Environment
MAN'S EMOTIONAL RESPONSES AND WELLBEING IN THEKASBAH OF ALGIERS
IMANE REZZOUG EPAU and KENZA BOUSSORA EPAU
MODELLING THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN URBANHEAT ISLAND AND URBAN GEOMETRY
DINA SAADALLAH Department of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
IMPROVING INDOOR AIR QUALITY USING LOW-EMISSIONMATERIALS
NAEL ALSARRAG Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture - Design & Built Environment
A METHODOLOGY FOR SHIFTING EGYPTIAN PORTSINTO SUSTAINABLE GREEN PORTS
ASHRAF MANSOUR Civil & Architectural Department
PRINCIPLES OF URBAN QUALITY OF LIFE
WALAA NOUR Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, Department of Architecture Faculty of Engineering,
RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING IN LEBANON
OMAR HOURI Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and Political Science
TOURISM FOR ALL: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH FORENHANCING WELL-BEING OF SPECIAL NEEDSCASE STUDY (ISLAMIC CAIRO –HISTORICAL CITY)
IMAN EL BASTAWISI Professor of Anthropology and GERMAINE AMER African World Heritage
URBAN-RURAL MATERNAL HEALTH CHALLENGES INLEBANON
SOHA TABBARA Make mothers matter and FARAH ZAYAT Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Architecture - Design & Built Environment
OUZAI ROAD SLUMSAN EXPLORATORY STUDY FOR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
NADER AZAB Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture - Design & Built Environment,; KAREEM JALAL Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture - Design & Built Environment,; and OSAMA OMAR Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture - Design & Built Environment
ENHANCING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY TO IMPROVE URBAN HEALTH
NISREEN ALKASSABANY Department of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts; Hebatalla Abouelfadl; and Yassmine Alkassabany
FOCUSED REVIEWS ON COMMUNITY LIVABILITY STRATEGIESFOR UPGRADING IMPOVERISHED AREAS
NOUR EL-BABA Teaching Assistant (PhD Candidate), Faculty of Architecture - Design & Built Environment
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES FOR THE PHOTOCATALYTICDEGRADATION OF PESTICIDES
LOUBNA YOUSSEF Faculty of Science,; HOUSSAM EL-RASSY Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science; GHASSAN YOUNES Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science; and RAMI AL- OWEINI American University in Beirut, Lebanon
THE IMPACT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY ON THE TRANSPORTATIONSERVICES: “UBER PLATFORM
TALA ZEIN Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law & Political Science
THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THEPROFITABILITY OF THE BANKING SECTOR IN LEBANON
NISREEN MOUSA Faculty of Business Administration,
NATURE IN CITIES:AN APPROACH TO PROMOTE THE SENSE OF BELONGING INURBAN COMMUNITIES
NAHED HAMAWI Teaching Assistant (PhD Candidate), Faculty of Architecture - Design & Built En
THE EFFECT OF SECTORAL FDI ONFOOD SECURITY IN DEVELOPINGCOUNTRIES.
MOHAMED BALOUZA Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Business Administration
TRADITIONAL SPATIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERSINFLUENCING INNOVATIVEARCHITECTURAL INTERVENTIONS: CASE STUDY OFDARIYAH GOVERNORATE
SAMI AL- SABBAGH Architect,
DIGITAL DESIGN AND FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES TOPROMOTE VALUES OF HUMAN WELL-BEING
CHADI KHOURY Assistant professor, Faculty of Architecture – Design & Built Environment
THE ADOPTED PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS IN THECONSTRUCTION PROCESSES OF THE INFORMAL SETTLEMENTSIN BEIRUT
KHALED SADEK Senior lecturer,; IBTIHAL EL-BASTAWISSI Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Built Environment; ROKIA RASLAN Senior lecturer, Institute of Environmental Design & Engineering; and SAMER SAYARY Assistant professor, Faculty of Architecture-Design and Built Environment
BARRIERS FACED BY SYRIAN REFUGEES IN ACCESSINGHEALTHCARE IN URBAN AREAS IN LEBANON
MIRNA FAWAZ Assistant Professor, Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences
QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING AMONG PALESTINIANAND SYRIAN REFUGEES IN LEBANON
MAYSSAH EL-NAYAL Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences; HELGA ALAEDDINE Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences; and OLFAT MAHMOUD Assistant Professor (part timer), Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences
CHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF WELLSAND RIVERS IN LEBANESE URBAN CITIES
NADA EL-DARRA Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences; CELINE HAJJAR Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Lebanon; and MICHEL AFRAM Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Lebanon
HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN TREATMENT-SEEKING ARAB PATIENTSWITH OBESITY
Dima Kreidieh; DANA EL MASRI Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences; HANA TANNIR Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences; LEILA ITANI Lecturer, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences; and MARWAN EL GHOCH
DESIGNING URBAN SPACES ACCORDING TO EARTH ENERGYSTRUCTURE: TOWARD A BETTER LIVE IN CITIES
MOHAMED WAFA alexandria university
Imam abdulrahman bin faisal university
CHARACTERIZATION OF THERMAL TREATED CLAYOBTAINED FROM LEBANESE LOCAL RESOURCES ASSUPPLEMENTARY CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS
OUSSAMA BAALBAKI Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,; BACHAR ABDALLAH; Adel Elkordi; and Jamal Khatib
OCCURRENCE OF ESCHERICHIA COLI O157 IN GROUND MEATCOMMERCIALIZED IN LEBANESE URBAN CITIES
MICHEL AFRAM Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Lebanon; JOSEPH TOUMA Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Lebanon; and NADA El-DARRA Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition & Dietetics,Faculty of Health Sciences,
DEFINING INDICATORS OF COOPERATION NETWORKING ANDLEARNING DEVELOPMENT IN PORT-ZONES’ NEIGHBORHOODS:APPLICABILITY IN ALEXANDRIA AND PORT SUDAN
MAYSARA OSMAN Postgraduate Student, Department of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt,
(international student and KHALID. AL-HAGLA Professor, Department of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
THE IMPACT OF INDOOR ENVIRONMENT QUALITY ON THECONSERVATION PRACTICE OF HISTORICAL BUILDINGTHECASE OF LEBANESE COASTAL ZONE
Hoda Zeayter, Ibtihal Y. El-Bastawissi, and Hiba Mohsen
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DESIGNING HEALTHIER KIDS’GARDENS: IN TRIPOLI, LEBANON
FATIMA BELOK PhD Candidate (Teaching Assistant), Faculty of Architecture –
Design & Built Environment,; NABIL MOHAREB Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture – Design & Built
Environment; and MOSTAFA RABEA Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture – Design & Built
Environment
AN APPROACH FOR SUSTAINABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSESDESIGN IN EGYPT
SHERIF KHASHABA Associate Professor, Department of Architectural Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
PRODUCTION OF LABAN IMMO POWDER: PROCESS ANDCHARACTERISTICS OF THE OBTAINED PRODUCT
HODA SAADEDDINE SAAD ELMASRI Lebanese International University, Lebanon and OSSAMA DIMASSI Lebanese International University, Lebanon
EXPRESSION OF DEFA1-3 AND RELATIONS WITH RISK FACTORSOF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
SAID EL SHAMIEH Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Laboratory Technology Department, Faculty of Health Sciences and SOPHIE VISVIKIS-SIEST Université de Lorraine, Inserm, IGE-PCV, F-54000 Nancy, France
EFFECT OF SLC22A1 GENE POLYMORPHISMS ON METFORMINRESPONSE IN LEBANESE TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS
KHALED NAJA Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science; SAID EL SHAMIEH Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Laboratory Technology Department, Faculty of Health Sciences; and RAJAA FAKHOURY Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences,
EVOLUTION OF TEACHING PRACTICAL ENDODONTOLOGY. AFIVE YEARS RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
ROULA ABIAD Associate Professor of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry,
GATED COMMUNITIES; IMAGES OF SUSTAINABILITY;AL-REHAB & MADINATY CASE STUDIES
NADER AZAB Associate professor, Beirut Arab University – Faculty of Architecture, Design & Built Environment, and BAHER FARAHAT Associate professor, Beirut Arab University – Faculty of Architecture, Design & Built Environment
PERCEPTION OF LEBANESE WOMEN ON PREFERRED MODE OFDELIVERY AND ITS ASSOCIATED COMPLICATIONS
HALA AHMADIEH Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Medicine; SALAH MALAS Lecturer of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Medicine,; and NADIA JRADI Senior Lecturer of Pediatrics, Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Medicine
THE CLINICAL BENEFIT OF SERUM PROCALCITONIN LEVELAS COMPARED TO BISAP SCORING SYSTEM FOR PREDICTINGTHE SEVERITY AND PROGNOSIS OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS
OMAR MASRI Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine,; NADIA JRADI Senior Lecturer of Pediatrics, Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Medicine; and MOHAMED KASSEM
THE IMPACT OF FOSSIL AND RENEWABLE ENERGYCONSUMPTION ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN LEBANON
HANADI TAHER Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Business Admiration
LEGISLATION FOR GREEN BUILDING REGULATIONS ANDINCENTIVES
NABILA AL GHABRA Architect & Teaching Assistant (Part-time), Faculty of Architecture – Design & Built Environment
SAFE AGING IN PLACE; THE CRITICALITY OF BUILDINGAPPROACHES FOR BETTER LIVES
RANDA BOUKHARI PhD Candidate, Faculty of Architecture - Design & Built Environment
COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OFUNDERFLOOR HEATING SYSTEM UTILIZING DIFFERENT PCM
YASSER EL-SAMADONY Associate professor, Mechanical engineering Department, Faculty of engineering
THE IMPACT OF THE MEDIA ON BODY IMAGE PERCEPTIONSAND SELF-ESTEEM AMONG FEMALE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
GAMAL MEGAHED Assistant Professor, Mass Communication Department, Faculty of Human Sciences
EVALUATION OF THE RISK OF DEVELOPING WORKRELATEDMUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS IN PRECLINICALAND CLINICAL DENTAL STUDENTS
AYMAN EL KHATIB Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy Department, Faculty of Health Sciences; RAMI ABBAS Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy Department, Faculty of Health Sciences; HALA RAGAB Associate Professor of Operative and Esthetic Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry; and KHALED TAKEY
AHMED Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy Department, Faculty of Health Sciences
ACUTE EFFECTS OF NINTENDO WII FIT ON BALANCE IN YOUNGADULTS: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL
AYMAN EL KHATIB Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy Department, Faculty of Health Sciences
LOVE OF LIFE IN NINE DEVELOPED AND UNDERDEVELOPEDCOUNTRIES
AHMED ABDEL-KHALEK Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, and MAYSSAH EL NAYAL Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences
ADHERENCE OF LEBANESE ADOLESCENT STUDENTS TO THECOPERNICAN THEORY OF MEDIOCRITY REGARDINGANTHROPOMETRY, ACTIVITY, AND SOCIAL PARTICIPATION
IBTISSAM SAAB Associate Professor, Physical Therapy Department, Faculty of Health Sciences
AUTISM AWARENESS AMONG THE LEBANESE POPULATION
NOURHAN EL ZEIN Beirut Arab University, Faculty of Medicine; ALAA HAJJAR; and NADIA JRADI Senior Lecturer of Pediatrics, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING VASECTOMY ANDTUBAL LIGATION AMONG THE LEBANESE POPULATION
SALAH MALAS Lecturer of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine; MAHDI SALAMI Medical Students, Faculty of Medicine,; HASSAN NAHLE Medical Students, Faculty of Medicine,; AYA RAMADAN Medical Students, Faculty of Medicine,; RAYANE SALAMEH Medical Students, Faculty of Medicine,; ZEINAB SHAHROUR; and ALI YASSIN
LEGAL LIABILITY OF ARCHITECT
TARTEEL DARWISH Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Political Science, and SARAH ZEIN Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law & Political Science
APPLYING LEARNING METHODS WITH ARCHITECTURESTUDENTS TO IMPROVE INDOOR QUALITY FOR HEALTH ANDWELLBEING IN BUILDINGSCASE STUDY: ENHANCING LIGHTING EFFICIENCY OF PUBLICSPACES
KHALED ELDAGHAR Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture - Design & Built Environment, Lebanon
THE ROLE AND EFFECT OF MULTIMEDIA BASED HEALTH ANDWELLBEING AWARENESS PACKAGES FOR CHILDREN ANDYOUTH
RADWA SAMEH Associate Professor, Department Of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering,
HYPERTENSION AMONG REFUGEES: A DISEASE OF RISINGPUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN
ISSAM SHAARANI Senior Lecturer of Family Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, and RAMI WARRAK
YOUTH-CENTERED PUBLIC PARTICIPATION(THE CASE OF SAIDA)STRATEGIC TOOLS AND LESSONS LEARNT
MOHAMMAD AL HARIRI 1Policy Research Assistan
SURVIVING ARCHITECTUREAN EXPLORATION OF THE DESIGN STUDIO’S HIDDENCURICCULUM
MOHAMED IBRAHIM Assistant Professor in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture - Design and Built Environment
LANGUAGE CHANGE TO ENHANCE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING:A SOCIOLINGUISTIC APPROACH
LAILA C.A. HELMI Associate Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Human Sciences
RISING LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION’S INFLUENCE ON THEENVIRONMENT IN THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR
MOHAMAD SAMIR TABSH
E-COMMERCE WITHIN LEBANESE BANKS SUSTAINABILITYCONCERNS; ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATIONS
MOHAMAD ABDULWAHAB WAJIH TABSH
GLOBAL CHALLENGES AFFECTING BUSINESSES IN AN ERA OFSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
MOUSTAFA AL ATAT PhD Candidate, Faculty of Business Administration
RISING LEVEL OF HOSPITAL CONSUMPTION AND THEENVIRONMENT: NEW MAZLOUM HOSPITAL INITIATIVES
A. YASSIN PhD Candidate, Faculty of Business Administration
MARKETING ROLE IN ALTERING STRATEGIES TOCOLLABORATE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
CAROLINE D. KASSABLI AL- FAKHRY PhD Candidate, Faculty of Business Administration
PRINCIPLE BARRIERS TO INTERNATIONAL TRADEAND IT’S EFFECT ON LEBANESE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
ALI ISSAM CHAMS1 PhD Candidate, Faculty of Business Administration
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE