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  1. Retrofit with residents: proposed locally responsive participatory method for technical thermal retrofitting of public housing in the United Arab Emirates

    Article • Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, May 2025, Emerald

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  2. Trihybrid Method for Energy Efficiency Retrofitting of Public Housing in a Hot Arid Climate: A Case Study in the UAE

    Article • Journal of Architectural Engineering, March 2025, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  3. Engaging Residents in Housing Retrofitting Decisions Through Advanced e-Participatory Techniques: A Case Study in Al Ain, UAE

    Article • ARPHA Proceedings, October 2024, Pensoft Publishers

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  4. Design With, Not For, Local Community: Utilizing e-Participation Tools in the Design of Socially Sustainable Vertical Emirati Public Housing

    Article • Buildings, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  5. Informal household-practiced urban agriculture as a contributor to sustainability and resilience: the case of Emirati neighbourhoods

    Article • Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, June 2024, Emerald

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  6. Emirati Local Communities as Balanced Ecosystems: Pilot Study for Individualistic Residents-Led Urban Agriculture Within Housing Clusters

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  7. Towards a socially vibrant city: exploring urban typologies and morphologies of the emerging “CityWalks” in Dubai

    Article • City Territory and Architecture, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  8. Design Transition of Emirati Public Housing from Urban Sprawl to Vertical Urban Forms: Impacts on Energy and Ecological Performances

    Article • Journal of Architectural Engineering, December 2023, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  9. From Single- to Multi-Family Public Housing: Analyzing Social Sustainability Aspects of Recent Designs in the UAE

    Article • Social Sciences, September 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  10. Editorial: New approaches for sustainable and resilient processes and products of social housing development in the Arabian Gulf Countries

    Article • Frontiers in Built Environment, August 2023, Frontiers

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  11. A critical appraisal of traditional methods of construction progress monitoring

    Article • Built Environment Project and Asset Management, July 2023, Emerald

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  12. Exploring a Blended Learning Comprehensive Transformation Process for a Non-Lab Based Graduate Course at UAE University

    Article • Education Quarterly Reviews, June 2023, Asian Institute of Research

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  13. Assessing Mobility Measures for Socially Sustainable Waterfront Redevelopment Projects: A Case Study in United Arab Emirates

    Article • International Journal of Transport Development and Integration, March 2023, International Information and Engineering Technology Association

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  14. VR and AR Application in Academia, Overview in the Middle East Universities

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  15. A Simplified Method for BIPV Retrofitting of Emirati Public Housing with Preserved Architectural Identity: A Pilot Study

    Article • Sustainability, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  16. Involving Young Emirati Women in the Pre-Occupancy Evaluation of “Modern” Housing Designs: Simple Versus Advanced Participatory Tools

    Article • SAGE Open, April 2022, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  17. Virtual Reality Technology Trends Current and Future Applications, an Interdisciplinary Overview

    Article • March 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  18. Virtual Reality as a Student’s Learning and Self-Assessment Tool in Building Construction Education

    Article • March 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  19. The Other Side of the Urban Densification ‘Coin’: Impacts on Social Sustainability in Redeveloped Urban Sprawled Communities in United Arab Emirates

    Article • Future Cities and Environment, January 2022, Ubiquity Press, Ltd.

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  20. TOWARDS SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE WATERFRONT URBAN REGENERATION: THE CASE OF ZAYED PORT DESIGN, ABU DHABI

    Article • December 2021, WITPRESS LTD.

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  21. “When Parallel Lines Meet”: Realizing Socially Resilient Public Housing through Reconciling Formal and Informal Practices in the UAE

    Article • Journal of Architectural Engineering, September 2021, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  22. More dense but less walkable: the impact of macroscale walkability indicators on recent designs of emirati neighborhoods

    Article • City Territory and Architecture, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  23. Assessing the effect of urban form on social sustainability: a proposed ‘Integrated Measuring Tools Method’ for urban neighborhoods in Dubai

    Article • City Territory and Architecture, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  24. Augmented Reality in Remote Learning: A Proposed Transformative Approach

    Article • December 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  25. Integrating VR-Enabled BIM in Building Design Studios, Architectural Engineering Program, UAEU: A Pilot Study

    Article • February 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  26. Investigating the Effect of Urban Compactness on Energy Efficiency in Recent Urban Communities in UAE

    Article • IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering, September 2019, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  27. Urban Form Compaction and Energy Use Intensity in New Social Housing Neighborhoods in the UAE

    Article • Sustainability, July 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  28. Localized Form-Based Codes in the UAE: A Proposed Method

    Article • Land, March 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  29. Self-Build Relocatable SIP Construction Mechanism for Sustainable Social Housing in UAE

    Article • Buildings, April 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  30. Community participation in managing urban poor settlements in Cairo Egypt

    Article • Urban Research & Practice, April 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  31. Sustainable Urban Regeneration Strategies for Deteriorated Neighborhoods Centers in UAE

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  32. Designing Sustainable Urban Social Housing in UAE

    Article • Sustainability, August 2017, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  33. Towards a Sustainable Urban Form In Dubai, UAE: Investigating Accessibility and Walkability

    Article • April 2016, Global Science & Technology Forum

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  34. Mass Housing: Challenges, Contemporary Paradigms, ​and Future Potentials

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  35. Relevancy of the Right of Appropriation of Open Space and Fina’ in Cairo, Egypt

    Article • Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, October 2015, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  36. ‘no-harm’ principle as a regulatory mechanism in sustainable communities in Cairo, Egypt

    Article • International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, December 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  37. User-Controlled Housing Practices and Attitudes in Poor Communities in Cairo, Egypt

    Article • International Planning Studies, November 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  38. Social sustainability in public neighbourhoods in the UAE: the case of Al Ain

    Article • International Journal of Sustainable Society, January 2013, Inderscience Publishers

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  39. Residents’ socio-cultural dissatisfaction in the two stages of public housing in Cairo, Egypt: What has changed in the third ‘current’ one?

    Article • URBAN DESIGN International, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  40. Urban social sustainability: a study of the Emirati local communities in Al Ain

    Article • Journal of Urbanism International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, March 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  41. Evaluation of Social and Cultural Sustainability in Typical Public House Models in Al Ain, UAE

    Article • International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, January 2011, WITPRESS LTD.

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  42. The Dilemma of Sustainability in the Development Projects of Rural Communities in Egypt – The Case of New Gourna

    Article • International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, November 2010, WITPRESS LTD.

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  43. Achieving socio-cultural sustainability in the design of the government-sponsored single family houses in the UAE: the case of Al Ain

    Article • March 2010, WITPRESS LTD.

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed

  44. Two versions of ‘New Gourna’ and the dilemma of sustainability in new urban communities in Egypt

    Article • April 2009, WITPRESS LTD.

    Prof. Dr. Khaled Galal Ahmed