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Global survey shows planners use widely varying sea-level rise projections for coastal adaptation (2023)
Journal Article
Hirschfeld, D., Behar, D., Gohar, A., Nicholls, R. J., Cahill, N., James, T., …Yokoki, H. (2023). Global survey shows planners use widely varying sea-level rise projections for coastal adaptation. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), 102. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00703-x

Including sea-level rise (SLR) projections in planning and implementing coastal adaptation is crucial. Here we analyze the first global survey on the use of SLR projections for 2050 and 2100. Two-hundred and fifty-three coastal practitioners engaged... Read More about Global survey shows planners use widely varying sea-level rise projections for coastal adaptation.

Tourism and urbanism: Definitions and evolutions (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Gohar, A. (2023, February). Tourism and urbanism: Definitions and evolutions

PART (I) • Questioning Tourism Concepts PART (II) • Tourism & Urbanism: Interconnected Evolution PART (III) • Urban Tourism: Considerations & Recommendations

Cairo's urban development (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Gohar, A. (2023, January). Cairo's urban development. Presented at World Cities Lecture Series, Ohio, United States

• About Egypt (History & Background) • Cairo • Planning of Cairo • Recent Urban Projects • Problematizing The New Plans for Cairo • Open Discussions on Suggested Solutions

Egypt (2022)
Book Chapter
Gohar, A. (2022). Egypt. In A. Gohar (Ed.), Tourism Governance (21-38). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110638141-003

Egypt has been known throughout history as a destination for travelers, particularly since it was visited by Herodotus during ancient times and he wrote about his sur-prises of the vast differences between Egypt and his homeland. During the Roman Emp... Read More about Egypt.

Tourism Governance: A Critical Discourse on a Global Industry (2022)
Book
Gohar, A. (Ed.). (2022). Tourism Governance: A Critical Discourse on a Global Industry. De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110638141

Tourism Governance takes a systematic approach to reveal the varying internal and external dynamics that influence tourism policy and strategy across countries. With particular attention to the role of stakeholders and governmental scales, the book o... Read More about Tourism Governance: A Critical Discourse on a Global Industry.

Tourism and urbanization, an interconnected evolution (2021)
Journal Article
Gohar, A. (2021). Tourism and urbanization, an interconnected evolution. Sustainability in Environment, 6(3), 96-135. https://doi.org/10.22158/se.v6n3p96

While there is extensive literature on the evolution of tourism and the urbanization process, the interlinks between these two evolutions are not yet fully explored; maybe because they are separate disciplines, or taught independently of each other.... Read More about Tourism and urbanization, an interconnected evolution.

Unmasking Cairo: The Architecture of the City in an Age of Contradictions (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Ziada, H., & Gohar, A. (2021, February). Unmasking Cairo: The Architecture of the City in an Age of Contradictions. Presented at Unmasking Cairo: The Architecture of the City in an Age of Contradictions, University of Huddersfield and online

Cairo is a city that is changing dramatically. How does one probe a city amidst dynamic change? And what role does architecture play in it? About this Event: Underpinning this symposium is a hypothesis that a distinct phase in Cairo’s urban/archi... Read More about Unmasking Cairo: The Architecture of the City in an Age of Contradictions.

How eco is eco-tourism? A systematic assessment of resorts on the Red Sea, Egypt (2020)
Journal Article
Gohar, A., & Kondolf, G. (2020). How eco is eco-tourism? A systematic assessment of resorts on the Red Sea, Egypt. Sustainability, 12(23), 20. https://doi.org/10.3390/su122310139

Eco-tourism is a growing part of the tourism industry. However, there are no agreed-upon criteria of what constitutes eco-tourism, so the industry is currently self-identified, with eco-lodges simply declaring themselves so. Here we present the first... Read More about How eco is eco-tourism? A systematic assessment of resorts on the Red Sea, Egypt.

Bridges over the Nile: Transportation corridors transformed into public spaces (2020)
Journal Article
Gohar, A., & Kondolf, M. (2020). Bridges over the Nile: Transportation corridors transformed into public spaces. Journal of Public Space, 5(1), 5-20. https://doi.org/10.32891/jps.v5i1.1248

Cairo is a congested city with high rate of urbanization and very limited public space. Cairo has one of the lowest rates of parkland per capita of any major city. Moreover, the banks of the Nile, formerly alive with activities such as washing, fishi... Read More about Bridges over the Nile: Transportation corridors transformed into public spaces.