Geo-Visualization Tools for Participatory Urban Planning the Case of Tripoli, Lebanon
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KARTOGRAPHISCHE BAUSTEINE BAND 35 DRESDEN 2007 Remarks on the cover The cover illustration combines two different types of imagery. The first one forms the background: it is a geocoded mosaic of three QuickBird scenes of Tripoli acquired on 26 January 2003, 8 April 2003 and 2 July 2003. This is overlaid by four photographs depicting typical scenes of the city centre of Tripoli. From East to West they display the following sites: waste on the both sides of the main river (Abu Ali River); street-vendors at the entrance to the old souk; daily traffic jam in the old city; disused houses in the old city waiting for a renovation since the end of the Civil War in 1990. i Note: More than one month after the beginning of the disastrous summer 2006 war in Lebanon I submit my thesis with the hope that it will be the last conflict in my country, the country which is known for its multicultural and multireligious structure. I hope that by the conclusion of my work Lebanon will have peace and peace for ever. Ich habe die vorliegende Dissertation etwas mehr als einen Monat nach dem katastrophalen Krieg im Sommer 2006 im Lebanon eingereicht. Ich hoffe, daß bis zur Fertigstellung des Drucks dieser Konflikt gelöst ist und endlich dauerhafter Frieden im Libanon einkehrt, dem Land, das für seine Multikulturalität und Multireligiosität bekannt ist. Dresden, August 2006 Disclaimer This document describes work undertaken as part of a programme of study at the Dresden University for Technology, Institute of Cartography. All views and opinions expressed therein remain the sole responsibility of the author, and do not necessarily represent those of the institute. ii To the memory of my brother Fadi and to my fiancé Jenny iii iv Fakultät Forst-, Geo- und Hydrowissenschaften Geo-Visualization Tools for Participatory Urban Planning The Case of Tripoli, Lebanon Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doctor ingenieure (Dr. ing.) an der Fakultät Forst-, Geo- und Hydrowissenschaften der Technischen Universität Dresden Gutachter: Herr Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Manfred Buchroithner (Betreuender Hochschullehrer) Korreferent: Herr Prof. Dr. Volker Kreibich Korreferent: Herr Prof. Dr. Richard Sliuzas Dresden, Juni 2007 v Herausgeber: Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Kartographie M.F. Buchroithner, W.G. Koch Verfasser: Khaled El Nabbout Goetting-Str. 8 38106 Braunschweig Vervielfäftigung: Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Kartographie © 2007-06-01 beim Author ISBN: 978-3-86780-010-5 Bezug über: Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Kartographie, Helmholtzstr. 10, 01062 Dresden E-mail: [email protected] vi Acknowledgements I gratefully acknowledge the support and advice I received from numerous persons and organizations which have contributed to this work and without their support this work would have not been possible. First of all and in particular, I am indebted to Prof. Dr. Manfred Buchroithner, my supervisor or as they call it in German, which I like very much, “Doktorvater”. I am very thankful to Professor Buchroithner for offering me the possibility of accomplishing this work and this all with his helpful advice, critical comments and the necessary materials right up until the end of my work and mainly in the areas of Geo-Information Technology and the Lenticular Foil. Professor Buchroithner encouraged the idea of selecting the case study of Tripoli-Lebanon from the beginning and I am thankful for his support and the fact that he was ready to join one of my field study trips in summer 2004. Professor Buchroithner always supported me when I needed his help, especially with his letters of recommendation for collecting my data, since this was one of the most complicated aspects in this case study. My gratitude to my co-supervisor Dr. Richard Sliuzas from the Urban Planning and Land Administration Department at the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), I have been very thankful to Dr. Sliuzas from when I met him during my studies in ITC, when he was the coordinator of the course module. Later after I had finished my studied I asked Dr. Sliuzas to be my second supervisor and I was very glad that he agreed. Without his knowledge of urban planning and in participatory urban planning and without his comments and intensive discussion, the work would lack basic and very important issues. I have to say that I am very lucky to have had two supervisors who were always there when I needed them and were able to give time and to meet and discuss for hours with me. I will always be grateful to both of them for their full support. I would like to acknowledge the third reviewer of my PhD thesis, Prof. Dr. Volker Kreibich from the Urban Planning Institute-Dortmund University, who showed great interest in the project when I asked him to be the third reviewer. I am thankful for the comments which he made in the last stage of my work, which were very helpful. I am very thankful for his advice about urban planning and that he discussed with me several examples from his own experience in participatory urban planning and mainly in developing countries, which opened my eyes to new ideas and questions. I am grateful for the friendly and warm welcome I had from the beginning at the Institute for Cartography, Dresden University of Technology and from all the institute’s members, my special thanks to Prof. Dr. Wolf Koch for the time and advice he gave and the same to Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Wilfert, Prof. Dr. Michael Möser and Dr. Nikolas Prechtel, who opened my eyes to new ideas with their comments. Dr. Prechtel was ready for any question at any time therefore a special thanks to him. Without naming all, as I mentioned in the beginning of this paragraph, all the Institute’s members gave me the feeling that I was one of them from the vii beginning and whoever I asked for help was always ready. To all of them I am very grateful. Two persons I also wish to name for their kind and friendly replies to any clarifying question I had are Mrs. Steffi Sharma and Mrs. Doris Salomon. I also acknowledge the other persons and organizations for their kind corporation and great support with data and important materials in this research: MAPSgeosystems for their support with Tripoli QuickBird satellite image, the Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer (TUD) for supporting a field study visit, Professor Ulrich Streit - Geoinformatik Institut, University of Münster for offering me the opportunity to use all the possibilities at the Institute during my stay in Münster, The Directorate General for Urban Planning with special thanks to Mrs. Dolly Honein Nakouzy for her kind support and help with all the important information I needed for my research, The City Planning department in Muenster, Stadtplanungsamt Münster, for giving me access to all the necessary material for my research, Professor Ralf Schroth (Hansa Luftbild- Münster) who encouraged my research at the beginning and offered me all the advice and support I needed from the technical side, Professor Douglas Webster, General Maroun Khraich from the Directorate of Geographic Affairs, Tripoli Municipalities Federation, The National Center for Remote Sensing-Lebanon with special thanks to Dr. Mohamed Khawlie for all his support, advise and help, Tripoli Chamber of Commerce and Industry with special thanks to Mrs. Amal Iaaly, The Lebanese University, Dr. Maha Kayal & Dr. Mousbah Rajab, Order of Surveyors in Lebanon, Dr. Sarkis Fadous and The German Oriental Institute in Beirut with special thanks to Dr. Stefan Weber and Mr. Colin Oakley from Giessen University for reading my PhD. Finally I would like to thank the interview partners who each gave more than one hour to collect the necessary information for this study and Thanks also for “Frank’s Copy Shop” for scanning and printing help. I also appreciate the help I received from all my colleagues and friends, who greatly contributed to this work, each according to his/her speciality: Thomas Gruendemann for his help during the preparation of my maps, Kerstin Weisbach for assisting me in preparing the interview questions, Monika Kuffer for her helpful criticism and the time gave me to discuss my work. I am thankful to the friends who helped me in collecting important materials and for the confidence they gave me to manage: Harout Schiridugian, Iyad Shraim, James Justice, Joseph Nassif, Maroun Asmar, Mazharul Islam, Michel Sfeire, Refat Fatema, Wissam El Jakal, Yaccoub Saade. My special thanks for my friend Michael Winkler whose help is unforgettable. He helped me during my stay in Dresden and he gave me the feeling that everything would be manageable, I am very thankful too for his help with my accommodation during my last stay in Dresden. Another person whom I will never forget because of his full support and who supported me from the beginning is my friend Nazih El Chami. I am grateful to the Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer-Dienst (KAAD) who contributed greatly with financial support for the finale stage of my study. Finally, I wish to express my appreciation to my two sisters Rouba Estefan and Nadin Abd El Nour and both my parents. I am happy to mention my parents because my parents-in-law Prof. Dr. Gunter Oesterle & Dr. Ingrid Oesterle, just like my parents, Salah & Safa El Nabbout, did not let me feel in need for anything for a moment. They gave me the power, finance and help I needed to get through. Their help and support were behind every step I viii managed to make towards what I wished to achieve. The one person left is the one because of whom I came to Germany and because of whom I was ready to work hard, my thanks for her support and strength which gave the feeling that everything was manageable.