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{"title":"Towards a more sustainable waste management in Qatar: Retrofitting mindsets and changing behaviours","authors":"S. Clarke, Waqas Nawaz, C. Skelhorn, A. Amato","doi":"10.5339/CONNECT.2017.QGBC.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/CONNECT.2017.QGBC.4","url":null,"abstract":"Historically, the peoples of Arabia have had a strong affinity with and respect for nature, recognising that their life depended on a mutually supportive relationship. The intertwined connections between people and nature included a reverence for camels that provide a dependable mode of transport across the harsh desert landscape; a deep affection for the majestic falcons that soared high above vast sand dunes in search of prey and a great pride in the saluki dog breed as a loyal and skilful hunting companion. Through the generations, nomadic and static tribes in the Gulf have learned to coexist with their hostile desert environment, following nature's path to water and fertile plains. And, while this bond endures, with the advent of oil wealth, which has brought with it unprecedented rates of development, it is a connection that at best is under strain and at worst on a catastrophic path as much desired rapid development brings with it demands on the environment and incursions into the landscape as never...","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114148626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Scaling down planning in Doha towards the neighborhood and its public realm","authors":"Dena Qaddumi, A. Ahmadi","doi":"10.5339/CONNECT.2017.QGBC.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/CONNECT.2017.QGBC.2","url":null,"abstract":"The state of Qatar and its capital Doha are undeniably in a state of profound change. In this current phase of rapid development, neighborhoods, and especially their public realms, have often been neglected due to the prioritization of creating notable architectural objects that support national development plans. Without conscious and sensitive attention toward developing these spaces, it is difficult to encourage communal relations and practices at the point of residence. Built environment practitioners face unique challenges when planning Doha. Qatar's population has dramatically increased in both numbers and diversity, resulting in resident communities that hold different expectations of and needs from the city. Moreover, traditional living is not commonly associated with urban communities; a lingering question remains regarding how the built environment can preserve tradition and identity. Planning approaches in Doha have oscillated between rational comprehensive planning and entrepreneurial and mana...","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126152368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editorial for Shaping Qatar's Sustainable Built Environment Special Issue #1","authors":"C. Skelhorn","doi":"10.5339/CONNECT.2017.QGBC.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/CONNECT.2017.QGBC.1","url":null,"abstract":"In this first Shaping Qatar’s Sustainable Built Environment Special Issue, we have selected three papers that were presented at the inaugural Qatar Green Building Conference 2015. The four key themes of the conference were: 1) Passivhaus in the MENA region; 2) Retrofitting Doha; 3) Measuring the Carbon Footprint and Qatar’s National Vision; and 4) Future Sustainable Cities. Maria Mühlbauer in her paper entitled “Smart building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) for Qatar,” presented under the theme Passivhaus in the MENA region, proposes the application of smart buildingintegrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems to allow private residents to participate in the production of renewable energy. She describes the provision of adapted PV systems suitable for the Middle East’s climatic conditions and Arabic architecture, and gives advice on dealing with both the challenging climatic conditions and the economics of the relatively low electricity price. She further describes how, by visualizing all energy flows in the buildings connected to a smart BIPV system, residents can be made aware of their energy demands and given the opportunity to replace conventionally produced energy with self-produced renewable energy. Dena Qaddumi and Ameena Ahmadi in their paper entitled “Scaling down planning in Doha towards the neighborhood and its public realm,” presented under the theme Future Sustainable Cities, discuss the need for attention to the design and maintenance of cohesive and shared spaces between buildings in existing neighborhoods. They explore the question of how the built environment can preserve tradition and identity with a focus on the public realm in neighborhoods. They outline two dominant approaches to planning in Doha: rational comprehensive planning and entrepreneurial management planning. Using these approaches as a framework, they review the planning trends of the last two decades in Doha. Sarah Clarke et al. in their paper entitled “Towards a more sustainable waste management in Qatar: Retrofitting mindsets and changing behaviours,” presented under the theme Retrofitting Doha, provide a thorough discussion of the current state of waste management in Qatar, while exploring the importance of technical versus behavioural solutions in improving waste management systems. They argue that technological solutions and retrofits alone will not solve waste management problems faced by Qatar unless there is an associated change in mindsets and behaviours at all levels and in all communities. Drawing on examples from individual, organisational and community-driven initiatives in solid waste management in Qatar and a survey of attitudes towards waste, they point to a need for a “retrofit” of mindsets and behavioural change to achieve a transformation in solid waste management. Collectively, these papers bring together several strands of the conference while providing important insights into the problems of planning and the built environment that will move Qatar ","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124726127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Are we sustainable? Promoting a culture of sustainability in planned communities with a sustainability focus","authors":"Nermin Dessouky, Chelsea Estevez, A. Meier, Y. Moustafa, R. Tutwiler","doi":"10.5339/CONNECT.2017.QGBC.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/CONNECT.2017.QGBC.9","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainability has become a primary concern of new communities worldwide. With regard to planned communities specifically, sustainability planning has taken into account technical environmental standards as well as economic and technological factors. However, planned communities must consider social factors, or their “culture of sustainability” if their endeavors should prove to be truly successful in not only being environmentally sustainable, but also uphold and encourage sustainable human behavior. This paper will first consider the definition of cultures of sustainability. Cultures of sustainability vary from one community to the next and are defined by a strong hierarchy of values. How these values are translated differ, especially as it concerns the structure and governance of a community; values can either be communicated top-down through institutions or bottom-up using a community based-approach. Second, this paper will explore the methodologies communities use to make themselves sustainable. Thir...","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134158228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of adaptive facades: The case study of Al Bahr Towers in the UAE","authors":"S. Attia","doi":"10.5339/CONNECT.2017.QGBC.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/CONNECT.2017.QGBC.6","url":null,"abstract":"The assessment of adaptive facades presents a barrier as there is no established assessment technique. Many of the available facade performance evaluation systems or frameworks have limited applicability for such advanced building facades. The complexity of adaptive or dynamic facades' evaluation is related to the performance evaluation of facade elements, systems, and overall building performance coupled with occupant behavior and occupant satisfaction. In this context, this paper presents a case study of an adaptive sunscreen facade and evaluation of its performance and occupant behavior. The evaluation mainly focuses on pre- and post-construction phases of adaptive facades: the design assist phase (including the durability test, visual mockup, onsite mashrabiya mounting, and weather stripping), the commissioning phase (field verification and performance testing), and the monitoring phase. The selected project is a 150-meter-high twin tower that stands with a honeycomb-inspired structure and automated d...","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130993252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"اختصاصيو المكتبات الأكاديمية كعمال معرفة : دراسة حالة مكتبة الجامعة الأردنية","authors":"أماني حمارشة, أفنان علاونة","doi":"10.5339/connect.2016.slaagc.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2016.slaagc.2","url":null,"abstract":"المستخلص تهدف هذه الدراسة الى استكشاف العوامل التي تؤثر في موظفي المكتبات الجامعية وتؤدي إلى نجاح الموظف كعامل معرفة ، واندماجه في الأدوار الحديثة التي تتبناها المكتبات ، بالإضافة إلى دورها الرئيس كمزود للكتب والمراجع في الوقت الذي تعتبر فيه المكتبة الأكاديمية أحد أبرز أنواع المكتبات التي تتبنى التقنيات المعرفية الحديثة وتخدم الشريحة الواسعة في مجتمع المعرفة، وبسبب الدور المهم لأخصائيي المكتبات الأكاديمية في هذا المجال، تحاول هذه الدراسة تسليط الضوء على واقع اعتبار هذه الفئة من العاملين كعمال معرفة، والتحديات التي تواجههم، والاحتياجات التدريبية التي تعزز مكانتهم كعمال معرفة ، وقد اتخذت الدراسة من مكتبة الجامعة الأردنية حالة دراسية بوصفها مركزا للعديد من الباحثين، وللنشاطات الثقافية المتعددة ، وممثلة للجامعات الأردنية التي تعتبر أم الجامعات في الأردن، بالإضافة إلى كونها مركزا لإيداع الرسائل الجامعية من مختلف أقطار الوطن العربي ، وهي من أكبر المكتبات العربية في المنطقة من ناحية عدد المقتنيات. وتعتمد الدراسة المنهج التحليلي الإحصائي. وقد تم اعتماد الاستبيان كأداة لجمع المعلومات، ويتكون استبيان الدراسة من ث...","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132462826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"تقنية مراكز المعلومات :استثمارخفي لقطاع الشركات","authors":"محمد مكاوي محمد مكاوي","doi":"10.5339/connect.2016.slaagc.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2016.slaagc.7","url":null,"abstract":"لاشك ان المعلومات اليوم تعبتر هي أساس صناعة القرار ، سواء القرار السياسي أو التجاري أو خلافه ، وبالقطع فان الاستثمار الامثل في أي مجال قائم في الاساس ليس فقط على الحصول على المعلومة ولكن قائم على توظيف وتطويع المعلومات الصحيحة والدقيقة ، وبناءا علي ذلك فقد فطن مؤخرا جزء كبير من قطاع الشركات في مصر الي أهمية تقنية المعلومات من حفظ واستدعاء بل وتوظيف المعلومات محل الاهتمام كل في مجاله ، وأفرد لها جزءا من الميزانية لتطوير قطاعات نظم المعلومات باعتبارها عقل ومرجعية وتاريخ الشركات وتوجهت الي مايعرف باقتصاد المعلومات. والدراسة تقدم نموذجا لقيمة وهوية المعلومات في إطار مجتمع المعلومات ، ثم تسقط هذه الاطلالة النظرية على النواحي التطبيقية في قطاع الشركات في مصر ومدي الاموال التي يمكن توفيرها من جراء استخدام تقنية المعلومات المستخدمة في إدارة الوثائق والمستندات والملفات. وفي النهاية : تستخلص الدراسة عدة توصيات عملية ارشادية للشركات في إطار الاستثمار الامثل لكافة مواردها.","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126840054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"مكتبات الوزارات في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة: الواقع والمأمول","authors":"وسام مصلح, جاسم محمد جرجيس","doi":"10.5339/connect.2016.slaagc.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2016.slaagc.9","url":null,"abstract":"الباحثان أن هذا النوع من المكتبات في دولة الإمارات لم يأخذ حقة من الدراسة والبحث، ولقد ركز الباحثان في الدراسة على مكتبات الوزارات الاتحادية والبالغ عددها ثمان مكتبات. ويجيب البحث عن تساؤلات مهمة لمعرفة واقع مكتبات الوزارات في دولة الإمارات من حيث التنظيم الإداري والهيكل التنظيمي، والمكان المخصص للمكتبة، والتجهيزات والأثاث، والمجموعات وطريقة تنظيمها، والتطور التكنولوجي، والخدمات المقدمة، وكذلك أبرز الصعوبات والتحديات التي تواجه تلك المكتبات. وتوصلت الدراسة إلى مجموعة من النتائج والتوصيات من أهمها معظم الوزرات وفي ظل توجه حكومة الإمارات نحو الحكومة الذكية تتجه نحو بناء مكتبات ومراكز معلومات متقدمة حيث يغلب عليها الطابع التكنولوجي والإلكتروني المتطور. ولقد تفاوتت الأوضاع في مكتبات الوزارات ما بين متقدمة جدا في تجهيزاتها وأدوتها وما بين التي بحاجة إلى إدخال بعض التطويرات. ومن أهم التوصيات أن يكون هناك جهة مركزية تقوم على إعداد المعايير لهذه المكتبات لتتمكن )Consortium( التطويرية والتعاونية في تلك المكتبات وإنشاء ائتلاف أو تحالف من توحيد الجهود وتتشاطر في قواعد ومصادر المعلومات.","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134191373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"طرق المكتبيون العمانيون واستراتيجياتهم في معالجة ارتفاع أسعار مصادر المعلومات الإلكترونية","authors":"علي بن حمد بن خميس آل فنة العريمي, نبهان بن حارث الحراصي, علي بن سيف العوفي","doi":"10.5339/connect.2016.slaagc.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2016.slaagc.5","url":null,"abstract":"المستخلص المكتبات الاكاديمية العمانية وبعد دخولها البيئة الرقمية والاشتراك في مجموعة من قواعد البيانات الإلكترونية وفقا لإمكاناتها المادية والتقنية، تأثرت، كحال المكتبات الأخرى، بارتفاع أسعار مصادر المعلومات. هذا التحدي كان مفصليا وله أبعاد كثيرة على الاستمرار في التميز في تقديم الخدمات والثبات، إذا لم يكن التنامي، في الاشتراك في مصادر المعلومات الإلكترونية. وعليه، فالهدف الرئيسي للدراسة الحالية هو التعرف على الخطط والاستراتيجيات التي أتبعها القائمين على المكتبات الاكاديمية العمانية في تقليل آثار ارتفاع مصادر المعلومات الإلكترونية. وكنتيجة يمكن النظر في تجارب عالمية أخرى أدرجتها الدراسات السابقة للنظر في مدى تشابه واختلاف نمط التفكير وأسلوب المعالجة لهذه القضية. وهنا تكمن أهمية الدراسة كونها تحلل بعمق مدى قدرة مدراء المكتبات الاكاديمية العمانية في إيجاد بدائل تتوافق من جهة مع رغبتهم ورغبة المستفيدين من مكتباتهم في توفير مصادر معلومات إلكترونية عالية المستوى، ومن جهة أخرى، التوافق مع الميزانية المحدودة والاستمرار المتزايد في أسعار مصادر المعلومات الإلكترونية. ولتحقيق أهداف الدراسة استخدمت الدراسة المنهج ...","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"9 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114144681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"الصور الذهنية لمهنة المكتبات والمؤسسات المعلوماتية ومستقبلها","authors":"نجاح قبلان القبلان","doi":"10.5339/CONNECT.2016.SLAAGC.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5339/CONNECT.2016.SLAAGC.4","url":null,"abstract":"إن مواجهة التحديات التي تواجهه المكتبات ومؤسسات المعلومات والتطلع لريادة تطوير هذه المهنة ضمن التقدم الهائل للتقنية وحركة العولمة الشاملة لكل شيء في الحياة والمنافسة في مجال إدارة الأعمال والاقتصاد لابد ان ينطلق من الصورة الذهنية الاجتماعية بداية لهذه المهنة؛ حيث تمثل الصورة الذهنية مجموعه المعارف والأفكار و المعتقدات التي تتكون في اذهان الناس عن ماضي هذه المؤسسات المعلوماتية و حاضرها و مستقبلها ودورها العلمي والاقتصادي والاجتماعي ويمكن السياسي أيضا ... وسواء تكونت هذه الصورة من التجربة المباشرة أو غير المباشرة؛ وسواء كانت عقلانية تعتمد على الأدلة والوثائق أو أنها صور غير رشيدة تقوم على الإشاعات والأقوال غير الموثقة. لكنها في النهاية تمثل واقعا صادقا بالنسبة لمن يحملونها في رؤوسهم ولن تتطور هذه المؤسسات مالم تصحح تلك الصور في ذهان المجتمع لتعزيز مكانتها المهنة ودعم مسارات تعليمها وانتاجها وخدمات مؤسساتها. وعليه يهدف هذا البحث إلى الكشف عن الصورة الذهنية لمهنة المكتبات والمعلومات من خلال دراسة منهجية تحاول المساهمة في التعرف على كيف يرى المجتمع هذه المهنة، وبناء على نتائج الدراسة تم اقتراح توصيات يأمل ...","PeriodicalId":121009,"journal":{"name":"QScience Connect","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133166143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}