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Disasters have a significant negative impact across the world, and this widespread impact helps to formulate policies, reviews, measures and approaches in managing them. Global efforts towards emergency management allow organizations to join hands and provide international support to developing countries in the form of assistance from international organizations or institutions such as the United Nations (UN) or the European Union (EU) in planning, responding or recovering from identified risks or disaster. Whereas, developed countries have progressed significantly in the field of EM. Therefore, this paper puts its focus on a developed country, i.e., United Arab Emirates, which has adopted its EM standards from other countries such as the UK, US, and Australia. In order to improve EM standards, the countries apply a framework for the implementation of preparedness phase which depends on eight key elements. However, the literature reveals that though UAE has emergency management standards, it lacks behind in terms of emergency preparedness framework or system. Therefore, the paper aims to investigate the state of emergency management standards in the UAE, to identify if any of the emergency preparedness elements are being practiced in any capacity, identify barriers to the preparedness phases and provide recommendations for the government to adopt the strategic approach for improving emergency preparedness in the UAE.
Hamdan Rashid Alteneiji; Vian Ahmed; Sara Saboor. A Strategic Approach to Emergency Preparedness in the UAE. Plant-Microbes-Engineered Nano-particles (PM-ENPs) Nexus in Agro-Ecosystems 2020, 241 -246.
AMA StyleHamdan Rashid Alteneiji, Vian Ahmed, Sara Saboor. A Strategic Approach to Emergency Preparedness in the UAE. Plant-Microbes-Engineered Nano-particles (PM-ENPs) Nexus in Agro-Ecosystems. 2020; ():241-246.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHamdan Rashid Alteneiji; Vian Ahmed; Sara Saboor. 2020. "A Strategic Approach to Emergency Preparedness in the UAE." Plant-Microbes-Engineered Nano-particles (PM-ENPs) Nexus in Agro-Ecosystems , no. : 241-246.
The implementation of BIM in construction organisations requires various strategic and change management processes. The effect of organisational culture, manifested through external survival issues, internal integration issues and underlying assumptions, on BIM adoption are absent in the literature. This paper aims to illustrate that a focus on these three level of cultural manifestation within AEC organisations could lead to improved analysis of BIM adoption. An architectural organisation based in South Africa is used as a case study. A mixed method of data collection was adopted to analyse BIM’s manifestation in an architectural organisation’s culture. Interviews were conducted with key members in the organisation, and survey data of 29 respondents was used to triangulate and develop consensus about the underlying assumptions relating to BIM. The results showed how each of the three levels of cultural manifestation is influencing BIM adoption. In particular, the findings revealed that leaders’ perceptions greatly impact the adoption of BIM through the three levels of the organisational culture.
Marlise Knobel; Vian Ahmed; Sara Saboor; Barry Gledson; Mohamad Kassem. A Socio-cultural Perspective to BIM Adoption: A Case Study in South Africa. Plant-Microbes-Engineered Nano-particles (PM-ENPs) Nexus in Agro-Ecosystems 2020, 405 -412.
AMA StyleMarlise Knobel, Vian Ahmed, Sara Saboor, Barry Gledson, Mohamad Kassem. A Socio-cultural Perspective to BIM Adoption: A Case Study in South Africa. Plant-Microbes-Engineered Nano-particles (PM-ENPs) Nexus in Agro-Ecosystems. 2020; ():405-412.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarlise Knobel; Vian Ahmed; Sara Saboor; Barry Gledson; Mohamad Kassem. 2020. "A Socio-cultural Perspective to BIM Adoption: A Case Study in South Africa." Plant-Microbes-Engineered Nano-particles (PM-ENPs) Nexus in Agro-Ecosystems , no. : 405-412.
Climate change has become the greatest threat to the survival of world and its ecosystem. With the irreversible impact on the ecosystem, problems like rise in sea level, food-insecurity, natural resources scarcity, seasonal disorders have increased over the past few years. Among these problems, the issue of water scarcity due to the lack of water resources and global warming has plagued several nations. Owing to the rising concerns over water scarcity United Nations (UN) has acknowledged water as a primary resource to the development of societies under the ‘Water Goal’ of the sustainable development goals. As the changing climate and intermittent availability of water resources pose major challenges to forecast demand, especially in countries like the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which has one of the highest per capita residential water consumption rates in the world. Therefore, the aim of this study is to propose an accurate water demand forecasting technique that incorporates all significant factors to predict the future water demands of the UAE. The forecasting model used is the Long Short Term Memory (LSTM), with the factors considered are mean temperature, mean rainfall, relative humidity, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Consumer Price Index (CPI) and population growth. The LSTM model predicts the water demand forecasting in the UAE showing that the future demand will decrease from 1821 million m3 in 2018 to 1809.9 million m3 in 2027.
Vian Ahmed; Ahmad Saad; Hasan Saleh; Sara Saboor; Nikita Kasianov; Tahani Alnaqbi. Implementation of Water Demand Forecasting Model to Aid Sustainable Water Supply Chain Management in UAE. 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleVian Ahmed, Ahmad Saad, Hasan Saleh, Sara Saboor, Nikita Kasianov, Tahani Alnaqbi. Implementation of Water Demand Forecasting Model to Aid Sustainable Water Supply Chain Management in UAE. . 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVian Ahmed; Ahmad Saad; Hasan Saleh; Sara Saboor; Nikita Kasianov; Tahani Alnaqbi. 2020. "Implementation of Water Demand Forecasting Model to Aid Sustainable Water Supply Chain Management in UAE." , no. : 1.
PurposeEmergency preparedness (EP) is one of the crucial phases of the disaster management cycle for the built environment. The body of knowledge, therefore, reports on different preparedness standards adopted by developed countries such as the United Kingdom (UK), the United States of America (USA), Canada, Japan and Australia. Other countries, however, such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (in the absence of its preparedness framework), have long adapted the UK preparedness standards. This has called for this study to investigate the state of EP practices in the UAE to identify the limitations and challenges it has been facing during its preparedness phase when adopting the UK preparedness standards.Design/methodology/approachQualitative methods of data collection and documentation with the content analysis were adopted to identify the barriers faced by the preparedness phase of emergency management (EM) in the UAE. A Pilot study was therefore conducted to validate eight key elements of the EP phase identified from the literature. The state of EP phase and the extent to which the eight key elements of EP elements were practiced and the barriers in their implementation in the UAE were explored through interviews at federal (National Crisis and Emergency Management Authority) and local levels (local team of crisis and emergency management).FindingsThe study identified eight key elements of the EP phase and the associated barriers related to their implementation in the UAE. The barriers were ranked based on their severity by interviewing experts at both federal and local levels.Practical implicationsThis paper addresses the need to investigate the state of the EP phase, its key elements and the barriers faced during its implementation in the UAE.Originality/valueDue to the absence of any EP frameworks or systems in the UAE, this paper aims to validate the EP elements identified by adopting a qualitative approach.
Hamdan Rashid Alteneiji; Vian Ahmed; Sara Saboor. A qualitative approach to investigate emergency preparedness state for the built environment in the UAE. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 2020, ahead-of-p, 1 .
AMA StyleHamdan Rashid Alteneiji, Vian Ahmed, Sara Saboor. A qualitative approach to investigate emergency preparedness state for the built environment in the UAE. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. 2020; ahead-of-p (ahead-of-p):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHamdan Rashid Alteneiji; Vian Ahmed; Sara Saboor. 2020. "A qualitative approach to investigate emergency preparedness state for the built environment in the UAE." Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management ahead-of-p, no. ahead-of-p: 1.
In recent times, smart cities and sustainable development have drawn significant research attention. Among developed and developing countries, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been at the forefront in becoming an incubator for smart cities; in particular, it has placed some efforts in the education sector by transforming the traditional campus into a Smart Campus. As the term Smart Campus attracts professionals and academics from multiple disciplines, and the technology keeps intervening in every aspect of life, it becomes inevitable for the Smart Campus to take place and deploy the future vision of smart cities. As a first step to achieve this vision, it is very important to develop a clear understanding of what is a Smart Campus. To date, there is still no clear perception of what a Smart Campus would look like, or what are the main components that can form a Smart Campus. Therefore, the objective of this research is to use the set of comprehensive criteria to identify what it is perceived to be a Smart Campus and evaluate these criteria from the stakeholders’ perception. The main criteria are defined from the literature review, and a case study is conducted on the American University of Sharjah campus stakeholders (faculty, students, management, and Information Technology (IT)) to assess the designated criteria. This exploratory research relies on both qualitative and quantitative methods to perform the analysis, taking into consideration the perceptions of students, faculty, and IT service providers. Finally, having defined and evaluated the criteria that underpin the Smart Campus framework, a set of recommendations are drawn to guide the utilization of a Smart Campus within higher education settings. This research opens the doors for future studies to gain a deeper insight into the type of decisions that need to be made to transform a traditional campus to a Smart Campus.
Vian Ahmed; Karam Abu Alnaaj; Sara Saboor. An Investigation into Stakeholders’ Perception of Smart Campus Criteria: The American University of Sharjah as a Case Study. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5187 .
AMA StyleVian Ahmed, Karam Abu Alnaaj, Sara Saboor. An Investigation into Stakeholders’ Perception of Smart Campus Criteria: The American University of Sharjah as a Case Study. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (12):5187.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVian Ahmed; Karam Abu Alnaaj; Sara Saboor. 2020. "An Investigation into Stakeholders’ Perception of Smart Campus Criteria: The American University of Sharjah as a Case Study." Sustainability 12, no. 12: 5187.
Carbon emissions, being hazardous, are triggering social concerns which have led to the creation of international treaties to address climate change. Similarly, the United Kingdom under the Climate Change Act (2008) has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emission by at least 80% over 1990 levels by 2050. However, being the oldest member of the EU states (before Brexit), the UK has the oldest housing stock, which contributes to 45% of its carbon emissions due to the older dwellings. To address this issue low carbon retrofitting is needed. Therefore, this paper seeks to investigate the barriers and enablers to energy efficiency retrofitting in social housing in London, UK based on the perception of experts employed in National and construction companies with an experience that ranges between 6 to 16 years. Initial literature suggested that the problem of energy efficiency retrofitting in the general building stock has been addressed, however little has been reported on its application to social housing. This paper, therefore, groups the barriers and enablers into seven categories that include: financial matters, Technical, IT, Government policy and regulation, social factors (including awareness of the energy efficiency agenda), quality of workmanship and disruption to residents, using literature review, interviews and surveys with key stakeholders within the housing sector, and draws recommendations to enable effective and efficient retrofitting for social housing projects.
James Peel; Vian Ahmed; Sara Saboor. An investigation of barriers and enablers to energy efficiency retrofitting of social housing in London. Construction Economics and Building 2020, 20, 1 .
AMA StyleJames Peel, Vian Ahmed, Sara Saboor. An investigation of barriers and enablers to energy efficiency retrofitting of social housing in London. Construction Economics and Building. 2020; 20 (2):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJames Peel; Vian Ahmed; Sara Saboor. 2020. "An investigation of barriers and enablers to energy efficiency retrofitting of social housing in London." Construction Economics and Building 20, no. 2: 1.