Using smartphone and GIS to measure International Roughness Index (IRI) in Gaza Strip-Palestine Road Network (Deir Balah as case study)

Road network inventory has gain significant importance in last few years especially after wars and natural disasters which make the urgent need for quick and economical ways to do an inventory of roads. The current methods used to create road networks inventories involve high costs and require many instruments and detailed planning. The availability of low cost sensors in Smartphones and the rapid increase in the rate of smartphone users make the necessary to develop systems which are able to road inventories using smartphone. Several smartphone application have been proposed towards addressing this problem such as Roadroid, Road Recorder and other. This study presents a new method for road network inventories based on the use of the latest generation of smartphones that provides a low cost, efficient and adaptable option for the inventory of different types of roads, using GIS software to enhance the road network inventory and using AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process) method to compare between several methods used in the road network inventory and determine the most efficient and less expensive for use in the Gaza Strip.The results indicate that the ease of data inventory using smartphone with less time period compared with other methods used in road network inventory. The new method is low cost and gives a good datea quality with available resources because most of people have a smartphone today

Development of Transportation Master Plan Rafah Governorate, 2030

4.1 Design Criteria 9 4.1. 1 Roadway Sections 9 4.1. 2 Intersections 12 4.1. 3 Off-Street Parking Areas (Taxi stations) 13 4.1. 4 The Level of Service (LOS) 13 4.1. 5 Warrants for the use of traffic signals 14 4.2 Planning Horizon 15 4.3 Transportation Modeling 1

Using GIS in Sustainable Urban Design in Developing Countries (Gaza Strip, Palestine as a Case study)

Gaza Strip -Palestine is one of most needy regions to apply sustainability concepts and sustainable planning, owing to its critical narrow area of nearly 365 KM2. In addition, overpopulation and the increasing depletion of limited natural resources are of major concerns. Moreover, the conventional urban planning has failed to solve the ecological and economic problems, and even sometimes aggravates them. This research aims to analyze one of the urban projects in Gaza Strip (Sheikh Zayed City), study their appropriateness and application of sustainability concepts by using the technology of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). In addition to recognize the most important criteria, fundamentals and standard indicators required for accomplishing the sustainable urban planning status of the Gaza Strip. Keywords: GIS, Urban Design Strategies, Sustainability, Gaza Stri

Pattern Analysis of Mosques in Gaza-Palestine by Using GIS (Geographic Information Systems)

The distribution of mosques is considered one of the problems that residents and planners suffer from in Gaza Strip, thus losing part of their civilized impact and influence. The non observance of planning standards in the distribution of mosques to cope with population growth and urban expansion and the needs of the population on the one hand, and the surplus in number of scattered mosques on the other hand, led to planning problems that affect the role of mosque in community. This research aims to find appropriate planning standards contribute to reduce these problems, and indicate some criteria to choose best locations for future mosques through a case study of neighborhood in Sheikh Radwan district. The importance of this research is analyzing and evaluating the pattern of mosques through descriptive and analytical approach based on using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This research shows the importance of using the GIS in planning and urban design through selecting the best places to establish new mosques in the future based on the suitable design and planning criteria. These standards are applicable anywhere in Gaza Strip to arrive the available best solutions