Major Courses
ARC (203)
Urban Planning (1)
Urban
planning origins in Muslim urbanization - Industrial revolution impact on
urbanization - Utopias - City beautiful movement - Theories of urban
structure - Garden city - The planning process
ARC (306)
Urban Planning (2)
The concept
of a region - comprehensive and incremental planning - Principles for Land
use distribution - Environmental considerations - The central business
district - Community facilities - Industrial areas - Circulation network -
Urban planning problems in Egypt - Planning surveys - Approaches and
concepts for creating alternative plans.
ARC (405)
Urban Planning (3)
Development,
planning & urban settlements - structure plan and general plans - The
process of planning - regional framework - physical, economic, demographic
& social studies - Urban upgrade - legal framework - Planning constraints,
potentials & determinants - Goals and objectives - planning alternatives -
evaluation & selection - implementation and monitoring - Existing
settlement studies - sectoral studies - Community development (theoritical
& practical) - Urban planning project in an existing or a new town.
Elective Courses
Third Year
ARC (371) -
Urban Upgrading
Urban
upgrading and improvement - Analysis of existing urban fabrics - The
problems of existing urban fabric - The causes and symptoms of urban
degradation - Physical and non physical aspects of urban upgrade - The
process of community and urban upgrade - Development, improvement,
renewal, upgrade, gentrification, rehabilitation, and re-use - Local and
global issues in urban upgrade - Preservation and conservation of urban
heritage - International and national experience
ARC (372) -
Detailed Planning
Urban land
use types - Planning requirements for land use distribution - Conditions
and requirements for residential land use planning – planning for tourism
- Conditions and requirements for commercial land use planning -
Conditions and requirements for industrial land use planning - Conditions
and requirements for mixed land use planning - Planning of existing urban
areas - Urban land use replanning
ARC (373) -
Evolution of Urban Planning
Concepts of
the city - evolution of functional components of the city - Political and
defense establishments - Economic establishments - Social establishments -
Religious establishments - Relationship to the hinterland - Urban form
(through analysis and discussion of : city of ancient Egypt - city of
Mesopotamia - Greek city - Roman city - city of European Middle Ages -
Muslim city - European Renaissance city) - Impacts of modern communication
systems on urbanization - Impacts of information age on the city -
Disjointed city - urban networks
ARC (374) -
Introduction to Site Landscape and Plantation
Introduction -
Definitions and Scope - Landscape processes - history of landscape
architecture practice - Landscape Graphics - Basic elements of design -
Visual elements of landscape design - Contemporary theories –
Sustainability - Regional landscapes - Application through project study -
Classification of Plants - Nomenclature of plant species - Significance of
plants in the landscape - Plant Materials as Resources - Plant Material as
Design elements - Ecological factors - Economic factors - Sustainable
planting design - Vegetation of Egyptian environments - Principles of
planting design in semi-arid environments - Applications
ARC (375) -
Theories of Urban Planning
Multi-nuclei
city - Organic city - Muslim city - Satellite city - Dispersed city -
Telescopic city - Neighborhood unit concept - Utilities and service
distribution concepts - Geographic-unbound urbanization - Impacts of mass
production on the city - Economies of scale - Economies of agglomeration -
- City and suburbs - Extended city through nature
ARC (376) - Computer Aided Analysis (Information Systems) (1)
The course is designed to
introduce the student to the rapidly expanding field of Geographic
Information Systems (GIS)- theory and application -spatial problems and
digital solutions- geography, information and systems- Database and
project design – GIS as decision making tool – planning alternatives.
Fourth Year
ARC (471) - Community Development
Community development and its relation to
social and economic aspects - economic, social and physical development -
Existing conditions - Features, constants and variables - Development
method as a physical and economic framework - Development processes:
formal and popular roles and balance - Physical community design and
development: processes and components - Formal versus popular
organizations and action - Management and implementation processes - Local
and historic examples and models - Monitoring and evaluations - planning
and design studies - Execution plans - Applications and detailed studies.
ARC (472) - Urban Landscape Architecture
and Engineering
Landscape
theories and definitions, design opportunities using topography – site
details – closed Traverse .
ARC (473) -
Urban Management and Legislations
Concepts for
urban development - Concept and objectives of building regulations -
Concept and objectives of housing regulations - Zoning regulations
- Tools of urban control - Urban areas of Special status - General and
special building conditions - Private and public urban development -
Preparation of development codes and regulations - Local and global
experience – Urban management – user participation
ARC (474) -
Urban Analysis and Criticism
Introduction
and methods of analysis and criticism – conceptiovs and principles of
urbanization – urban planning products – professional practice – project
assessment – the Egyptian context – examples and case studies (local and
international).
ARC (475) -
Urban Economics and Statistical Analysis
Economic
science (introduction and principles) – Market economy – Labor force –
economic sectors – formal and informal economies – urban development
economics – tools of economic analysis – statistical analysis and indices.
ARC (476) - Computer Aided Analysis (Information Systems) (2)
The course is designed to introduce the student to advanced techniques
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)- Time and GIS- Time map , digital
data analysis and remote sensing- Data base and meta data clearinghouse-
surface simulation and 3D modeling- GIS and heritage documentation.
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