IJESD 2017 Vol.8(12): 804-808 ISSN: 2010-0264
doi: 10.18178/ijesd.2017.8.12.1061
doi: 10.18178/ijesd.2017.8.12.1061
A Proposed Methodology for Planning a Sustainable Village at Mid Sinai Arid Climatic Zone, Egypt
Mohammad Fahmy, Mohamed M. Mahdy, and Marwa F. Abdelalim
Abstract—This paper focuses on a hybrid sustainable design
methodology for desert settlement development on a
microclimate thermal impact basis. In a 4% inhabited hot arid
country such as Egypt, there should be a new development
model that stresses on the effect of climate conditions within the
sustainable design process. As a development type of desert
settlements, the concept of country desert villages is viable as it
lies between both urban settled communities in north and south
Sinai and the unsettled population in mid-Sinai. Such settlement
planning ideas has succeeded in some adjacent countries
through combining the interdisciplinary cumulative applied
research of different fields such as: desert physical planning,
passive solar architecture, prefabrication and low-cost
construction methods and materials, building physics and
climatology, desert agriculture and renewable energy systems.
In order to select pilot development spots around the existing
communities in Med-Sinai (which zero energy low-cost housing
development can be applied on a microclimate basis using a
hybrid passive design methodology), the regional development
concepts have been addressed. The suggested Planning
methodology focuses on generating a character for patterns in
different regions by accommodating people in socially
acceptable houses via public participation, economic activity
support for village jobs, maintaining acceptable services with
outdoor social places, diverse and compact fabric form,
prefabrication with low-cost materials and construction, and
low or zero energy community. On the other hand, numerical
impact assessment for village forms using building simulation
tools solves complex aspects of these intersected fields in
different locations on a microclimatic basis.
Index Terms—Sustainable development, microclimate, desert settlements.
M. Fahmy and M. Mahdy are with Architecture Engineering Department, Military Technical Collage, Cairo, Egypt (e-mail: md.fahmy@mtc.edu.eg, mmahdy@mtc.edu.eg).
M. F. Abdelalim is with Architecture Department, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (e-mail: mabdelalim@psu.edu.sa).
Index Terms—Sustainable development, microclimate, desert settlements.
M. Fahmy and M. Mahdy are with Architecture Engineering Department, Military Technical Collage, Cairo, Egypt (e-mail: md.fahmy@mtc.edu.eg, mmahdy@mtc.edu.eg).
M. F. Abdelalim is with Architecture Department, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (e-mail: mabdelalim@psu.edu.sa).
Cite: Mohammad Fahmy, Mohamed M. Mahdy, and Marwa F. Abdelalim, "A Proposed Methodology for Planning a Sustainable Village at Mid Sinai Arid Climatic Zone, Egypt," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development vol. 8, no. 12, pp. 804-808, 2017.
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