Ahmed O . El-Kholei

Menoufiya University, Architecture, Faculty Member

Arabian Gulf University, Natural Resources and Environment, Faculty Member

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I have an extensive experience in planning, development and environmental management acquired through formal training, consultancies and research projects. I conducted several studies on issues related to regional planning and environmental management. I provided technical assistance in participatory strategic and action planning for urban and regional planning,and national environmental management programmes. Represented Egypt in several international conventions and meetings. I participated in designing several national and regional development projects. I led the evaluation of several development and environmental projects.
I worked with several agencies including, but not limited to, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) World Food Programme (WFP), Global Environment Facility (GEF), Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), i.e., The German Agency for International Cooperation; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Economic Commission of Africa (ECA), African Development Bank (AfDB) and Arab Organization for Administrative Development (ARADO), which is an organization affiliated to the League of Arab States (LAS).
In 2006, K. Anan, the UN Secretary-General, appointed me as a member of the Advisory Group for Central Emergency Relief Fund (CERF) of Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for two years for my outstanding expertise in the fields of environment management and urban planning.
I coordinated the activities to elaborate Egypt’s National Environmental Action Plan. I have managerial capabilities and leadership skills that contribute to the successful and timely delivering of outputs and achieving aimed outcomes. I am familiar with UN system and procedures. I possess excellent communication skills with Government officials, donors’ representatives and leaders of civil-society organizations and private sector. These skills were instrumental in building consensus on issues and setting directions for future actions when he was responsible for the National Environemntal Action Plan (NEAP) of Egypt. I have outstanding computer skills in data management, and competent in advanced multivariate statistical analyses. I published more than twenty scientific papers in urban and regional planning, environmental management and sustainable development, and planning theories, methods and models.
Supervisors: Gil-Chin Lim, Salah El-Shakhs, Jef Hewings, and Garret Knaap

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Professionals’ perceptions for designing vibrant public spaces: Theory and praxis

by ghada yassein and Ahmed O . El-Kholei

Ain Shams Engineering Journal

Public spaces are central to the wellbeing of city residents, but what exactly are the design pri... more Public spaces are central to the wellbeing of city residents, but what exactly are the design principles that ensure the vitality of public space? How do professionals rank these principles? Do they share a common understanding of theory and praxis? Using a mixed research methodology, we attempt to answer these questions. We first identified eight design principles by reviewing 31 documents listed on ScienceDirect. The review suggested four core design principles and four cross-cutting design principles. Fulfilling all eight principles is challenging; therefore, we prepared a questionnaire distributed among design professionals to determine their priorities using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). We corroborated the results with interviews. Participants disagree on the rank of the eight principles. However, the four core principles topped the list because they align with the pillars of sustainable development. Possible reasons for the inconsistency include specialization, gender, and years of experience. The inability to differentiate between the theory of and theory in planning is another possible explanation. The AHP is a reliable decision-making tool and might foster citizen participation in developing design plans. Future research agenda must address limitations of the present inquiry, such as linkages between governance and the institutional setting of society on the one hand and its public spaces on the other.

Sayings and Songs

Routledge eBooks, Nov 2, 2022

Bring Nature Back to the City; Keep Invasive Species Out

Journal of Urban Research

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