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Reconstruction And Rebuilding Stability Of Post Conflict Societies: Economic And Security Interests Or Sustainable Development?, Jihad Al-Ayasa
Reconstruction And Rebuilding Stability Of Post Conflict Societies: Economic And Security Interests Or Sustainable Development?, Jihad Al-Ayasa
Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث
This critical review shed light on the problem of applying the model of reconstruction and stability building of Germany and Japan after World War II on geopolitically and culturally different cases, such as Iraq and Afghanistan as post war contexts; and probably the same model will be applied to different post war contexts, such as Syria, Yemen, Libya and others. The study discussed the reasons why the model of reconstructing Iraq and Afghanistan failed compared to the successful model that was applied in Germany and Japan. Grounding on previous literature and theoretical frameworks, the study developed a new model that …
Use Of Drawings And Geometric Shapes In The Evaluation Of Urban Identity Use “Venn Diagrams” In Evaluation The Expected Of Urban Identity Of The Scheme Proposed Of The Maspero Triangle, Cairo, Egypt, Majid Al-Mahdi
Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث
The Arab city has a distinctive urban identity that contains many architectural and urban elements as well as its social and cultural characteristics. These elements are exclusive to the Arab city. In this research, a number elements (as a model) were logically chosen through the use of some drawings and engineering drawings in an attempt to express the logic and significance of these elements and demonstrate their validity, in addition to use of the forms of art (Venn), which open a wide door to use new methods of urban assessment that make it easier for decision makers to make appropriate …