Eman karam sayed abdel ghaffar
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Eman Abdel Ghaffar is an Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

ian researcher in the field of environment
Environmental policy
Environmental policy is any [course of] action deliberately taken [or not taken] to manage human activities with a view to prevent, reduce, or mitigate harmful effects on nature and natural resources, and ensuring that man-made changes to the environment do not have harmful effects on...

 and urban
Urban area
An urban area is characterized by higher population density and vast human features in comparison to areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be cities, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlets.Urban areas are created and further...

 risks.

Education

Eman graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University
Ain Shams University
Ain Shams University is an institute of higher education located in Cairo, Egypt. Founded in 1950, the university provides education at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels.-History:...

. She studied Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Technology_Institute|class='greylink1' onMouseover='ShowPop("62486",this,"noimage.gif", event)' onMouseout='HidePop("62486")' href="/topics/Information_Technology_Institute">Information Technology Institute
Information Technology Institute
The Information Technology Institute is a national institute established in 1993 in Egypt specializing in IT.The Information Technology Institute is a national institute established in 1993 by the Egyptian Information and Decision Support Center...

] (ITI) in Giza. Later on, she studied geoinformation management for urban planning
Urban planning
Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....

, and obtained her MSc. degree with distinction.

Publications

15. Abdel Ghaffar, E., 2009, Towards sustainable healthy cities without segregation and barrier walls in developing countries, The Second Gulf Conference & Exhibition On Environment and Sustainability, Environmental Impacts Assessment
Environmental impact assessment
An environmental impact assessment is an assessment of the possible positive or negative impact that a proposed project may have on the environment, together consisting of the natural, social and economic aspects....

, Risk & Crisis Management, state of Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...

, 16‐19 February 2009.

14. Ebeid, M. et al., 2008, Sprawl growth in Arab cities Case study: Ezbet Elhagana, Cairo, 2nd Arab conference on Environmental Management of the Arab cities, Cairo, Egypt, May 2008.

13. El Morjani, Z. et al., 2007, Modelling the spatial distribution of five natural hazards in the context of the WHO
Who
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/EMRO Atlas of disaster risk as a step towards the reduction of the health impacts related to disasters, International Journal of Health Geographics,

12. Abdel Ghaffar, 2004, The Impacts of Housing on Public Health, Word of the Expert, in the Arab Construction World Magazine, issue 6, page 96.

11. Abdel Ghaffar, E., 2004, Emergency Route Planning Using GIS: Preserving public safety in Cairo, GIM International magazine for Geomatics, June 2004 edition, volume 18, the Netherlands.

10. Abdel Ghaffar, E., 2003, Urban Transport Planning in Metropolitan Cairo, in Landuse intensification and Transportation in Almere
Almere
Almere is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, the Netherlands, bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde. The municipality of Almere comprises the districts Almere Stad, Almere Haven, Almere Buiten, Almere Hout, Almere Poort and Almere Pampus .Almere is the youngest city in the...

, on the occasion of the 39th International Planning Congress of ISoCaRP, Cairo, Egypt, 17–22 October 2003, pages 53–62.

9. Aranya, R. et al., 2003, Almere’s Bridge to the Future: a macro approach to the transportation problem, in Landuse intensification and Transportation in Almere, on the occasion of the 39th International Planning Congress of IsoCaRP, Cairo, Egypt, 17–22 October 2003, pages 17–25.

8. Abdel Ghaffar, E., 2002, Requirements for developing Geographic Information Infrastructure to Support Environmental Impact Assessment, 5th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science, Palma (Balearic Islands, Spain) April 25–27th 2002.

7. Rodziewicz, A., et al., 2001, Twente business innovation valley, Sustainable region- moderate impact of IT and social sustainable humanistic, in ISoCaRP congress 2001, Ryser, J. (Eds.), planning in the information age, final report of the young planners’ workshop, September 2001, Utrecht, the Netherlands, pages 104-108.

6. Abdel Ghaffar, E., 2001, urban and environmental decision-making in Egypt: requirements for a geographic information infrastructure, GIM International magazine for geomatics, September 2001 edition, volume 15, the Netherlands.

5. Abdel Ghaffar, E., 2001, designing a methodology to develop geographic information infrastructure to support environmental impact assessment- case study: urban upgrading projects in historic Cairo- Egypt, Msc. thesis, ITC, the Netherlands.

4. Abdel Ghaffar, E., 2001, requirements for developing geographic information infrastructure to support the development in Egypt, second national GIS conference, April 2001, Cairo, Egypt.

3. Abdel Ghaffar, E., 2001, Enterprise modeling and modeling techniques, ITC, the Netherlands.

2. Abdel Ghaffar, E., et al., 1998, Cairo tourism guide information system, guide for services and public places in Cairo using GIS technology on the www, professional GIS course documentation, the Information Technology Institute
Information Technology Institute
The Information Technology Institute is a national institute established in 1993 in Egypt specializing in IT.The Information Technology Institute is a national institute established in 1993 by the Egyptian Information and Decision Support Center...

(ITI), Giza, Egypt.

1. Abdel Ghaffar, E., et al., 1998, agricultural development in East Oweinat information system, an analysis using remote sensing, professional GIS course documentation, the Information Technology Institute (ITI), Giza, Egypt.

Memberships

  • Egyptian Engineers Syndicate http://www.eea.org.eg/
  • Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences Alumni
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