Advances in Architecture, Engineering and Technology

Integrated Design Concept for Identifiable Commercial Heritage Tourism in Tunjungan District of Surabaya City.- Environmental product declarations for building materials: advantages, limits, developments.- Public-private partnerships in Romanian new urban developments - a potential valuable instrument in the privatization era.- Interaction of prehistoric heritage with today's landscape: the case study of Arslantepe Mound (Malatya/TURKEY).- HygroMorphs: Exploring Morphologies of Architectural Adaptive Systems using Hygroscopic Properties of Wood.- Analyzing Public Transport System in Twin Cities of Rawalpindi/Islamabad.- Assessing the environmental aspects of road network resiliency.

Professor of Sustainable Design and Architectural Engineering in the Faculty of Design, and Director of Research Centre at Arkin University of Creative Arts and Design (ARUCAD) in Kyrenia, Cyprus. He is a Chartered Architect (RIBA) and a Chartered Engineer (CIBSE) with over 20 years of academic and practice experience in the field of Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) in the Built Environment in UK, Europe, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions. Prof. Dr. Altan sits on a number of editorial boards and reviews project proposals for the European Commission, UK Research Councils, and Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) by Qatar Foundation. Since 2004, he has, singly or jointly, secured and directed 32 research grants worth over £21 million. He is a founding member of the International Network on Zero Energy Mass Custom Home (ZEMCH), which has so far organised eight international conferences, several design workshops, and numerous technical visits. As well ashaving supervised 17 successful PhD students, Prof. Dr. Altan has published over 250-refereed journal and conference papers in related fields. Samad Sepasgozar completed his Ph.D. in Engineering, Construction, and Management at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering UNSW Australia. The faculty of Engineering UNSW offered him Postdoctoral Fellowship, which was a competitive position for newly graduated students with a high-quality thesis. Samad's excellent research capability has been demonstrated by conducting an empirical study to investigate the extremely complex issues related to the practices of technology adoption and implementation in construction and develop a uniform framework for understanding the related processes. His recent papers clearly indicate his capability in mixed research methods (i.e., qualitative and quantitative) and in interdisciplinary areas of building construction, technology (e.g., equipment, BIM, and laser scanners) andmanagement (at organization and