Staff Member
Asmaa Abdel Aty Professor/أستاذ

Home Page :http://staff.eng.cu.edu.eg/Dr_asmaaabaty


Qualifications :

B.Sc. (2002) "Architecture" Cairo University (Egypt)

M.Sc. (2004) "Urban Planning" Cairo University (Egypt)

Ph.D. (2008) "Urban planning and Urban Design" Cairo University (Egypt)

Others (2018/2019) "Humphrey/SPURS Fellow" MIT (World Top University) (USA)

Fields of Interest :

Regional and Urban Planning

Urban Design

Regeneration of Historic City Districts

Environmental Planning

Investments in New Cities

Inclusive Climate Change

Land Value Capture

Community Development

Equity

Sustainable Urban Development

Recent Publications :

October 2015 Statistical Assessment for the Role of Neighborhood Facades in Social Satisfaction, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, with Prof Rowaida Kamel and Dr. Riam El Morshedy

March, 2017 Land Value Capture as A New Sustainable Financing Mechanism for Public Transit Development in New Cities Borg El-Arab New City as a Case Study. 7th ArchCairo International Conference: Building Innovatively Interactive Cities: Horizons and Prospects. Full paper accepted and published. ISBN: 2017/7302, pages 473-500, Joint with Eng. Mostafa El Nagdy.

March 2017 Land Value Capture as A New Sustainable Financing Mechanism for Public Transit Development in New Cities Borg El-Arab New City as a Case Study, 7th ArchCairo International Conference: Building Innovatively Interactive Cities: Horizons and Prospects

June 2017 Accessible and Inclusive Public Space: The Regeneration of Waterfront in Informal Areas. Journal of Urban Research & Practice. Full paper accepted and published. ISSN: 1753-5069 (Print) 1753-5077, DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2017.1340509, Joint with Prof. Sahar Attia.

Jul 2002 – Dec 2005 The proposal of the master plans for 4 villages (Bohormos, Alsabil, Al Galatma, Berkash) in Embaba Markaz, Giza Governorate

February, 2017 Feasibility Tools for Urban Animal Husbandry in Cities- Case of Greater Cairo, Journal of Urban Research and Practice, Joint with Sarah A. Elariane. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2017.1298000

2018 Prioritization of Development Interventions in Egyptian Slums through an Urban Appraisal Index Journal of urban Research and Practice. Full paper accepted and published. ISSN: ISSN: 1753-5069 (Print) 1753-5077, DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2018.1481994. Joint with Ingy Mohamed El Barmelgy & Sherin Ali Gammaz.

2017 Feasibility Tools for Urban Animal Husbandry in Cities- Case of Greater Cairo. Journal of Urban Research and Practice. Full paper accepted and published. ISSN: 1753-5069 (Print) 1753-5077 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rurp20.DOI:10.1080/17535069.2017.1298000. Joint with Sarah A. Elariane.

2017 Feasibility Tools for Urban Animal Husbandry in Cities- Case of Greater Cairo. Journal of Urban Research and Practice. Full paper accepted and published. ISSN: 1753-5069 (Print) 1753-5077 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rurp20.DOI:10.1080/17535069.2017.1298000. Joint with Sarah A. Elariane.

2016 SAH - Getty International Program Grant 2016 Society of Architectural Historians

2016 Participatory Landscape: Better Scenario for Poor 3 Egyptian Urban Settings in Existing and New City Districts—Case of Monshaet Nasser and 6th October City, Journal of Urban Planning and Development, Volume 142, Issue 1, 0733-9488 ISSN (online): 1943-5444

2015 Participatory Landscape Design of New Cities in Egypt: Correlation Model of Related Variables, Case of 6th of October City

2013 Assessment for the Resort Development in Egypt

2013 Towards Enhancing Resort Development in Egypt Case Study: Premier Resorts in Sharm Elsheikh

2012 Assessment For International Organizations Role In Historical Districts Rehabilitation: Case Of Darb Alahmar

2012 Guidelines For Applying Budgeting As A Tool For Participatory Democracy In Egypt

2012 A Proposed Statistical Model For Real Estate Appraisal In Historical Mixed Use Maspiro District In Cairo

2012 A Decision Making Approach for Prioritizing Local Communities' Development Investments, Case Study: Damietta Governorate, Egypt

2011 Challenging Limitations for Achieving Decentralization in Terms of Participatory Planning in Developing Countries, Case Study: Egypt.

2011 Rating Sustainability For 18 Highways In Egypt

2010 Conceptual Approaches For The Rehabilitation Of The Old City And Integration With The City Extension, Case Study: Bab Al Farag Area, Aleppo, Syria.

2009 Statistical Assessment for the Urban SocioEconomic Form Characteristics of Districts: Digital Representation for the Benefits of Mixed Use Development.

2001 Architecture Dept., Fac. Of Engineering, Cairo Univ. 2001 Ideal Student Award.

Recent Projects :

Oct 2008 – Dec 2008 GIS maps for Imbaba district

Oct 2008 – Dec 2008 Processing updated GIS maps for Imbaba district.

Nov 2009 – Apr 2010 Strategic National Development Support Project. Ismailia Governorate

Mar 2014 – Jul 2015 The Strategic Urban Planning for Small Cities Project (SUPSCP)- Ras El Bar City

Jun 2015 – Jun 2016 Urban Appraisal Index for Slums in Egypt. Giza Governorate

Jul 2002 – Dec 2005 The proposal of the master plans for 4 villages (Bohormos, Alsabil, Al Galatma, Berkash) in Embaba Markaz, Giza Governorate

Jan 2010 – Feb 2010 Handbook guide for the integrated transport central unit

Feb 2007 – Apr 2008 The Real Estate Assessment for 3000 land lots in Maspiro

Aug 2016 – Jan 2017 The Strategic Urban Planning for Small Cities Project (SUPSCP)- Existing Alamein City

Aug 2014 – Oct 2016 Project description Technical Handbook for Services

Apr 2008 – Apr 2010 Strategic Development Vision for Cairo 2050

2019 Projects GIZ LADP PROJECT

Recent Books :

August, 2016 Mixed Use Development Index, Case Study: Cairo Region” (978-3-659-90918-4), LAMBERT Academic publishing.

2018 New Cities and Community Extensions in Egypt and the Middle East, Springer International Publishing AG.

2016 Dynamics and Resilience of Informal Areas: International Perspectives

Conferences :

2006 Third ArchCairo International Conference, "Appropriating Architecture & Urbanism in the Decades of Transformation", the Architecture Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University at Grand Hyatt.

2005 Second ArchCairo International Conference, on GLOBALIZATION AND BEYOND, the Architecture Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University at Grand Hyatt.

Administrative Positions :

Since 2012 Coordinator in the credit hour system program: Architecture Engineering and Technology (AET)

Since 2011 Coordinator in the Double Master Program: "Revitalization of Historic City Districts" with Cottbus University in Germany

Awards :

2018/2019 U.S. Department of State / Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow in the Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT

2018 INT. J. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier 2017 Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing

2010 Millennium Development Goals Project-UNDP- Cairo Univ. 2010 Project Coordinator Award, Faculty of Engineering Representative

2009 Architecture Dept., Fac. Of Engineering, Cairo Univ. 2009 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award.

2001 Assoc. Of Students & Young Architects for the Med. Countries 2001 Student Representative Scholarship in Adana, Turkey

Editor/Reviewer :

Since 2015 International Journal of Socio-economic Planning Sciences.

Since 2015 International Journal of Engineering and Applied Science.

Since 2010 International Journal of Urban Planning and Development.