http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2165 Search the Channel search http://repository.ksu.edu.sa/jspui/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3076 Title: Oil, urban development and planning in the easternprovince of Saudi Arabia: the case of the Arab American oil company in the 1930's-1970's<br/><br/>Authors: Al-Mubarak, Faisal A.<br/><br/>Abstract: The Urbanization of Saudi Arabia owes much of its impetus to the exploitation of its massive oilresources. While oil industrialization has influenced the location and growth of the Kingdom's Eastern Provincesettlements, it has also boosted intensive urban growth outside the oil producing region. This paper focuseson the impact of oil industrialization, in general, and the Arab American Oil Company, in particular, onmodern urbanization, urban development, and the resulting urban planning model. The oil company introducedmodern (Western) urban planning in the nascent nation-state traditional society. Yet, it espoused an approachof segregated communities with higher standards for its American employees and less for locals. As such,both the oil company and the fledgling nation-state fell short of devising a genuine planning model suited fora traditional society undergoing rapid development. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1899 Title: Housing strategies in Malaysia: a review<br/><br/>Authors: Wahab, Ibrahim<br/><br/>Abstract: Malaysia has experienced rapid urban growth since the 1950’s. This phenomenon has been influenced by population increase and other activities . Now about 65% of the total population is concentrated in urban centres in Peninsular Malaysia including Kuala Lumpur, Penang and several other principal towns. Rural-urban migration is also contributing towards such urban growth. However, the pressure of urban population on the urban centres has caused several housing problems. The need for housing has been recognised by public and private agencies. Though some houses have been provided by private agencies, they are beyond the reach of the lower income group. Concerted efforts have been emphasized by the public agencies, by providing more low cost houses in particular, since this category of housing is in great demand. Other facilities, subsidies and incentives have also been initiated by the public agencies in an attempt to reduce the housing problems. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1896 Title: Marketing of professional services<br/><br/>Authors: Rutland, Peter John<br/><br/>Abstract: The professional designer increasingly operates in a highly commercial marketplace, where more than just technical performance influences the level of business gained. The nature of the growth and decline of organization is reviewed, together with consideration of factors important to the client when choosing professional services. The role of marketing and selling is clarified for the professional architect/designer, and key points about some of the marketing skills and tools that are appropriate for the architect are considered. Comment is made on the current Saudi Arabian market for architectural services, and the role that marketing can play. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1895 Title: Earth sheltered housing: an approach to energy<br/><br/>Authors: Khair-El-Din, Abd-El-Hamid M.<br/><br/>Abstract: The world's energy crisis goes far deeper than being simply a shortage of fossil fuels. The crisis is generated by the reluctance to adopt the use of innovative and less energy consuming solutions for human settlements. A striking example is the large number of new cities and other major urban and rural developments in the Arab world. Despite the enormous repertory of solutions and our knowledge of heat recovery processes, insulation techniques, simple orientation, treatment of building elevations, size of elevations, size of windows, shading devices, building materials and methods of construction, energy in these developments continues to be used wastefully in a very extensive way. This is due to the questionable performance of imported lightweight materials such as metal, timber, asbestos, plastics, rubber, glass and asphalt which are increasingly used in the hot, arid, oil-rich Arab countries. When mechanical cooling and ventilation becomes a necessity, pollution hazards and health problems are then inevitable. Energy planning can improve the quality of our life and the environment in our new devel Tts. Conservation is an essential part of energy planning, helping to economize and reduce the negattve envtronmental impact of any development that uses energy.