Urban Narratives: Exploring Identity, Heritage, and Sustainable Development in Cities / Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation (PDF)

encompass3D survey techniques for the preservation of architectural and monumental heritage, with a focus on cultural landmarks. He specializes in architectural and urban restoration and is actively involved in the implementation and development of advanced technologies for surveying, documenting, and conserving such heritage. Within his research scope, he utilizes state-of-the-art tools and methodologies such as 3D laser scanning, 3D image-based modeling, 3D data processing, and reverse engineering. His contributions play a pivotal role in ensuring the accuracy and precision required for the conservation of historical and contemporary buildings. By employing digital mediums, he facilitates the representation and visualization of architectural structures, enabling comprehensive understanding and effective communication within the field of architectural conservation.

Gasim Hayder Dr. Hayder is an Associate Professor at the Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), and an MIET and a Chartered Engineer (CEng) from the Engineering Council (UK). He teaches, conducts research and provides short courses and consultancy services to industry, especially in the field of water and wastewater assessment and monitoring. He is the Head of Water & Environmental Engineering Unit at the Department of Civil Engineering, and also serving as Head of Environment and Sustainable Development Cluster at the Institute of Energy Infrastructure (IEI); senior researcher for Sustainable Engineering Group UNITEN. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia. He has extensive practical engineering, teaching, and management experiences. He has several publications of journals and books, reviewer for many top journals, member committee for several conferences, holds patents and has received national and international awards. Scopus: 56239664100; ResearcherID: C-5042-2013; ORCID: 0000-0002-2677-0367


Israa Hanafi Mahmoud Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional planning at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies in Politecnico di Milano, Italy. She is a Polyglot Urban Planner and Architect by education. Starting 2022, she is responsible for NBS co-creation processes and Stakeholders engagement in Urban living labs projects at the "NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY FUTURE CENTER (NBFC)" based at Politecnico di Milano. Since 2018, she was a Post-Doctoral Researcher Fellow at the Urban Simulation Lab (Fausto Curti), Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU), at Politecnico di Milano. She is the research team leader together with Prof. Eugenio Morello on CLEVER Cities Project-Funded by the European Commission-Horizon 2020 as an expert of Co-creation guidance for cities to implement Nature-based solutions in socially inclusive urban regeneration processes. She holds a Ph.D. in Urban Regeneration and Economic Development. In 2016, she pursued her Ph.D. degree in Northeastern University of Boston MA as an (ESR) early-stage researcher part of a Euro-pean Commission-MARIE-CURIE Action funded Horizon 2020 Project-GA # 645651-MAPS-LED Project then in 2017, as an Experienced Researcher (ER) in San Diego State University, CA, USA. In 2010, she earned her bachelor's degree from Architectural Engineering Department Alexandria University of Egypt with a major in Urban Design section about Psychological and Environmental Urban Design, in a collaboration Programme with Michigan State University and Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany. In Politecnico di Milano, she also lectures about Urban Planning topics as well as Nature-Based Solutions and placemaking in the Master of Science in Urban Planning and Policy Design, as well as Master of Sustainable Architecture and Landscape design. She is also an Adjunct professor at the Alleanza Italiana dello sviluppo Sostenibile (ASVIS), advocating for Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability pathways. Lately, she co-led the Greening Cities, Shaping Cities international symposium at Politecnico di Milano, October 2020 and co-edited the latest published book Nature-based Solutions for Sustainable Urban Planning: Greening Cities, Shaping Cities (2022). She is also the author of the newly published monograph of Placemaking for Green Urban Regeneration, in Springer Urban Book series