Research summery: Recently, Energy and environmental consideration are the most serious challenges face people. The acceleration of consumption rates, the depletion of resources and pollution resulting from human activities moved many world countries forward studying the environmental effect of all activities and project, which called ecological foot print calculator. These countries pursue raising lifestyle standard for their inhabitants altogether with achieving balance between its ecological foot print and biocapacity. In Egypt the ecological foot print exceeds the biocapacity, it was 1.98 (in global hectares) 2014, meanwhile the biocapacity was .47 (in global hectares), it is called national ecological deficit which has been increasing despite of deteriorated living standard, large group of people suffer from poverty, low income and shortage to meet their needs. Built environment is the most influential sector on the natural environment as it represents greatest part of the continuous building production to solve housing problem. In Egypt – Developing Country – there is no commitment of environmental criteria in spite of governmental speculations and laws. The government implementing varied and huge projects to face housing problem but it doesn’t consider the environment aspect which result in buildings causes burden to environment, drains it resources from the beginning of construction to demolishing, it also burdens to inhabitants cost them expenses of comfortable thermal atmosphere as well as fares of remote work, schools and services places. There for it has to consider these huge governmental projects to study its ecological foot print because it is the greatest part of the ecological foot print of the country. These projects neither inconvenient for inhabitants nor the developing country that faces many national issues which many governments attempt to solve but in vain. This research studies ecological foot print of these project trying to conclude planning criteria aiming to reduce ecological foot print of the existing as well as the upcoming projects through the following: Firstly; Theoretical study: It shed light on the most influential factors on ecological foot print of buildings in Egypt. Secondly; Practical study: It reviews ecological foot print analysis study of two Mubarak housing projects in Sohag governorate (Elmahamda el baharya village – Elkawthar), in order to end up planning criteria can be applied on study case to reduce the ecological foot print. Conclusion: The research concludes the most planning fundamentals to reduce ecological foot print of housing projects are: achieving full use of available natural resources in the area beside adopting compact planning patterns of buildings to get less distance between home and work, home and school

Abstract: Rural communities are the main mainstay of Egyptian society, as the main source of food in both urban and rural areas. It is inhabited by about 57% of the total population of Egypt according to the 2006 census, but the deterioration of the Egyptian village environment continues, as it suffers from physical, environmental and economic problems and social, due to the channelling of the bulk of development for generations, which has led to a significant difference between urban and rural livelihoods, which is the low indicators of sustainable development. The most important of these are increased poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, increased erosion of agricultural land and the inability of the village to do Its role in the Egyptian economy, which adversely affects future generations and threatens Egypt's national wealth from agricultural land. The state has made numerous efforts to develop the village as a Sunrise program. The Saharawi Village project, the most recent of which was the project to prepare the strategic plans for the sustainable development of the village, which had been in preparation for 10 years, had the village strategic plan succeeded in the sustainable development of the Egyptian village and, in particular, the cessation Random urban growth of the village on farmland? To answer the question, the research assesses the current situation of the villages Umm * in Assiut Centre, Assiut Governorate, through the review of development plans with strategic blueprints and implementation, and impediments to the implementation of the scheme.

Abstract: Rural communities are the main mainstay of Egyptian society, as the main source of food in both urban and rural areas. It is inhabited by about 57% of the total population of Egypt according to the 2006 census, but the deterioration of the Egyptian village environment continues, as it suffers from physical, environmental and economic problems and social, due to the channelling of the bulk of development for generations, which has led to a significant difference between urban and rural livelihoods, which is the low indicators of sustainable development. The most important of these are increased poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, increased erosion of agricultural land and the inability of the village to do Its role in the Egyptian economy, which adversely affects future generations and threatens Egypt's national wealth from agricultural land. The state has made numerous efforts to develop the village as a Sunrise program. The Saharawi Village project, the most recent of which was the project to prepare the strategic plans for the sustainable development of the village, which had been in preparation for 10 years, had the village strategic plan succeeded in the sustainable development of the Egyptian village and, in particular, the cessation Random urban growth of the village on farmland? To answer the question, the research assesses the current situation of the villages Umm * in Assiut Centre, Assiut Governorate, through the review of development plans with strategic blueprints and implementation, and impediments to the implementation of the scheme.

Abstract: Sustainability is a compound matter, which have three aspects: the socio - cultural factors, the environmental and the economic sustainability. These aspects are often neglected, especially when referring to urban development of Egyptian cities that embrace involved built cultural heritage within their urban fabric. Cultural heritage is mainly regarded as archaeological heritage. Although Since few years, the cultural heritage management has started to move towards new trend that link between conservation and sustainable development. Strategic plans have been prepared for all Egyptian cities, including cities of historical value. Historical cities have no special tool to ensure that the built heritage secure sustainable development, due to the deficiency of the management tools, urban development and built cultural heritage have often been cited as incompatible forces in urban management. For this reason, this paper intends to introduce a modified tool for the strategic planning of Egyptian historic cities. This tool helps to: reflect conservation and sustainable development relationship; perceive the built heritage as no longer hindrance to modernization and economic growth; and consider historical values as power for development. Moreover, the positive effect of cultural heritage in sustainable development is strongly recommended to be considered as the main achievement during the phase of planning. The overarching questions were as following: do strategic planning goals and criteria support the concretization of cultural values? What are the experiences in cultural heritage management Plans? How can built cultural heritage be linked with urban and environmental sustainable development? And what are the potential cooperative interactions between heritage preservation and sustainable development?

ABSTRACT There is an increased interest to understand and evaluate travel patterns and behaviors, as an attempt to understand travel choices and to identify priorities for interventions. Factors affecting travel choices and behavior were divided into two main groups: non-urban factors and urban factors. This study examined the effect of some various land-use factors on the behavior of the inhabitants of Assiut city-Egypt and measured the preferences of users for special and alternative modes of mechanical mobility in an attempt to determine the required and urgent development priorities to improve transportation services and change travel behaviors toward sustainability. The study was based on an analytical descriptive method. The database was derived from a field study of Assiut city during the period (January 2017 to March 2017). The data were collected through: urban survey of the urban environment supporting the mobility style and behavior of the respondents, in different neighborhoods in Assiut city. During the same period, the researchers distributed a questionnaire at work centers, educational services and some commercial services sites in Assiut. The relative weights for factors limiting the use of alternative means by individuals as well as factors encouraging individuals to use alternative means of transport were determined. The study concluded that mixed land use alone is not enough to reduce mobility and to encourage individuals to move without using mechanical or motorized ways. It should be accompanied with a balanced diversity distribution of services with access by multiple means of transport. In addition, the use of mixed and diverse land use and the shortness of travel distance has a stronger impact on the quality and efficiency of pedestrian corridors and their transit areas on increasing pedestrian mobility, while the quality and efficiency of the cycling infrastructure has been found to be more effective than the limited mobility of bicycles. People's behavior and choices are affected primarily by the quality and efficiency of transport services provided, rather than by mobility costs, and the need to combine pricing policies with urban and planning procedures to change mobility behaviors and to lead to more sustainable behaviors. The paper concluded with a set of recommendations on sustainable mobility and land use in an integrated framework.

ABSTRACT There is an increased interest to understand and evaluate travel patterns and behaviors, as an attempt to understand travel choices and to identify priorities for interventions. Factors affecting travel choices and behavior were divided into two main groups: non-urban factors and urban factors. This study examined the effect of some various land-use factors on the behavior of the inhabitants of Assiut city-Egypt and measured the preferences of users for special and alternative modes of mechanical mobility in an attempt to determine the required and urgent development priorities to improve transportation services and change travel behaviors toward sustainability. The study was based on an analytical descriptive method. The database was derived from a field study of Assiut city during the period (January 2017 to March 2017). The data were collected through: urban survey of the urban environment supporting the mobility style and behavior of the respondents, in different neighborhoods in Assiut city. During the same period, the researchers distributed a questionnaire at work centers, educational services and some commercial services sites in Assiut. The relative weights for factors limiting the use of alternative means by individuals as well as factors encouraging individuals to use alternative means of transport were determined. The study concluded that mixed land use alone is not enough to reduce mobility and to encourage individuals to move without using mechanical or motorized ways. It should be accompanied with a balanced diversity distribution of services with access by multiple means of transport. In addition, the use of mixed and diverse land use and the shortness of travel distance has a stronger impact on the quality and efficiency of pedestrian corridors and their transit areas on increasing pedestrian mobility, while the quality and efficiency of the cycling infrastructure has been found to be more effective than the limited mobility of bicycles. People's behavior and choices are affected primarily by the quality and efficiency of transport services provided, rather than by mobility costs, and the need to combine pricing policies with urban and planning procedures to change mobility behaviors and to lead to more sustainable behaviors. The paper concluded with a set of recommendations on sustainable mobility and land use in an integrated framework.

ABSTRACT There is an increased interest to understand and evaluate travel patterns and behaviors, as an attempt to understand travel choices and to identify priorities for interventions. Factors affecting travel choices and behavior were divided into two main groups: non-urban factors and urban factors. This study examined the effect of some various land-use factors on the behavior of the inhabitants of Assiut city-Egypt and measured the preferences of users for special and alternative modes of mechanical mobility in an attempt to determine the required and urgent development priorities to improve transportation services and change travel behaviors toward sustainability. The study was based on an analytical descriptive method. The database was derived from a field study of Assiut city during the period (January 2017 to March 2017). The data were collected through: urban survey of the urban environment supporting the mobility style and behavior of the respondents, in different neighborhoods in Assiut city. During the same period, the researchers distributed a questionnaire at work centers, educational services and some commercial services sites in Assiut. The relative weights for factors limiting the use of alternative means by individuals as well as factors encouraging individuals to use alternative means of transport were determined. The study concluded that mixed land use alone is not enough to reduce mobility and to encourage individuals to move without using mechanical or motorized ways. It should be accompanied with a balanced diversity distribution of services with access by multiple means of transport. In addition, the use of mixed and diverse land use and the shortness of travel distance has a stronger impact on the quality and efficiency of pedestrian corridors and their transit areas on increasing pedestrian mobility, while the quality and efficiency of the cycling infrastructure has been found to be more effective than the limited mobility of bicycles. People's behavior and choices are affected primarily by the quality and efficiency of transport services provided, rather than by mobility costs, and the need to combine pricing policies with urban and planning procedures to change mobility behaviors and to lead to more sustainable behaviors. The paper concluded with a set of recommendations on sustainable mobility and land use in an integrated framework.

Human Body Communication (HBC), which utilizes the human body as a communication channel, is a promising communication method for wireless body area networks. In this paper, we use the deep-learning based approach to design and implement a new optimized architecture for HBC system with scalable date rates feature. The proposed transceiver is completely implemented using two deep neural networks, one represents the autoencoder for the transmitter and receiver, and the other for frame synchronization. The proposed autoencoder-based HBC improves block error rate by 2 dB compared to the conventional HBC design. In addition, low complexity modules for CRC encoder and decoder, Scrambler and Descrambler, and Preamble/SFD generator are proposed. Implemented under 45nm CMOS technology, the core size of the proposed design is 0.116 mm^2, and the estimated power is 1.468 mW with a peak data rate of 5.25 Mbps. The energy efficiency (Eb) of the proposed design is 280 pJ/b that is over 3.5x better than the conventional HBC designs in literature.

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