Urban Identity Explored: Architecture and Arts in Cities

Rui Alexandre Castanho holds an International Ph.D. on Sustainable Planning in Borderlands. Nowadays, he is Professor at the WSB University, Poland, and Visitor Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is European Climate Pact Ambassador. Besides, he completed Post-doc Researcher on the GREAT Project at the University of Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal. He is also Author and/or Editor of 20 books, more than 140 indexed peer-review papers, 90 indexed book chapters, and 90 conference papers and made several presentations worldwide academic events as keynote speaker.

Gasim Hayder is Associate Professor at the Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia. He is MIET and Chartered Engineer (CEng) from the Engineering Council (UK). He teaches, conducts research and provides short courses and consultancy services to industry, especially in the field of water and wastewater assessment and monitoring. He is Head of Water & Environmental Engineering Unit at the Department of Civil Engineering and also serves as Head of Environment and Sustainable Development Cluster at the Institute of Energy Infrastructure (IEI). He has extensive practical engineering, teaching, and management experiences. He has several publications of journals and books, reviewer for many top journals, member committee for several conferences, holds patents, and has received national and international awards.

Sherif Ahmed Ibrahim Mahmoud is Associate Professor at the Architecture Engineering Department, Military Technical College (MTC), Cairo, Egypt. He received his Ph.D. in Building Engineering from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. He is Head of the Architecture Engineering Department at MTC. He is Member of the Center of Research Excellence for Urban Environment and Sustainability Governance. He teaches several courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students concerning building technology, green architecture, and sustainable architecture. Also, he is Visiting Professor in the Architecture Engineering Department at Al Obour Higher Institute for Engineering and Technology (OHI). He has participated in design, executing working, and workshop drawings for several mega projects in Egypt as well as supervision on the construction of these projects. He has several publications in high-impact factor journals and international related to the sustainability of buildings and energy efficiency. Also, he is Reviewer for several conferences and journals.

Rui Alexandre Castanho 擁有邊境地區可持續規劃的國際博士學位。目前，他是波蘭 WSB 大學的教授，並且是南非約翰尼斯堡大學的訪問教授。他是歐洲氣候公約大使。此外，他在葡萄牙亞速群島的蓬塔德爾加達大學完成了 GREAT 項目的博士後研究。他也是 20 本書的作者和/或編輯，發表了超過 140 篇經過索引的同行評審論文、90 篇索引的書籍章節和 90 篇會議論文，並在全球學術活動中作為主題演講者進行了多次演講。

Gasim Hayder 是馬來西亞國立能源大學 (UNITEN) 土木工程系的副教授。他在馬來西亞的彼得羅納斯科技大學 (UTP) 獲得土木工程博士學位。他是英國工程委員會的 MIET 和特許工程師 (CEng)。他教授、進行研究並為行業提供短期課程和諮詢服務，特別是在水和廢水評估及監測領域。他是土木工程系水與環境工程單位的負責人，並擔任能源基礎設施研究所 (IEI) 環境與可持續發展集群的負責人。他擁有豐富的實踐工程、教學和管理經驗，發表了多篇期刊和書籍的論文，擔任多本頂級期刊的審稿人，參與多個會議的委員會，擁有專利，並獲得國內外獎項。

Sherif Ahmed Ibrahim Mahmoud 是埃及開羅軍事技術學院 (MTC) 建築工程系的副教授。他在加拿大蒙特利爾的康考迪亞大學獲得建築工程博士學位。他是 MTC 建築工程系的負責人，也是城市環境與可持續治理卓越研究中心的成員。他教授多門有關建築技術、綠色建築和可持續建築的本科和研究生課程。此外，他還是阿爾奧布爾高等工程與技術學院 (OHI) 建築工程系的訪問教授。他參與了埃及多個大型項目的設計、執行工作和施工圖的繪製，並對這些項目的建設進行監督。他在高影響因子的期刊上發表了多篇與建築可持續性和能源效率相關的國際論文，並擔任多個會議和期刊的審稿人。