الفهرس 
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Abstract
The tremendous increase of population in Egypt -a problem which is rapidly becoming a national crisis- has forced the government to reconsider its settlement policy by planning for the development of new desert communities in remote arid regions outside the Nile valley. This study is conducted to investigate the identification and utilization of practical design guidelines to provide a more human environment for users of such buildings in the new settlement areas. The project used human comfort as a mean of evaluation and comparison. Comfort limits used are based on average age, healthy man, seated or doing very light work, and wearing normal clothes. The research project is divided into two main parts. Part 1, which is a general background reflects a large number of books and publications, as well as a number of research activities. Also, the aim of work and the research directions are established in this part. Part 1 includes chapters 1 through 4. After outlining the problem in chapter 1, different climatic elements are discussed in details in chapter 2. Also the thermal human comfort is studied, and the different methods of evaluating human comfort are listed. The climate of the hot regions and specially the hot arid region is discussed from the view stated by different researchers in the field. Then the climate of Egypt is analyzed indicating the main comfort problems caused by such a climate. A technological criteria is listed in chapter 3, which is the product of work done by the most significant researchers in this field, listing recommendations for different integrated design elements to be handled within the architectural design process. In chapter 4, an attempt is made to briefly document and theoretically evaluate the climatic adaptation qualities of traditional and vernacular architecture in the hot arid zone, specially in the Middle East. Examples from the history as well as the contemporary architecture are given. Also, some special attention is given to the unique building elements developed originally in the Middle East to create favorable indoor conditions.While part 2 is dedicated to the construction of a computerized modeling technique to evaluate the thermal performance of buildings. This part includes chapters 5 and 6.Chapter 5 describes the method suggested within this research work to reach a climatically adopted designs, by using a user friendly program, that helps architects to choose the most efficient design from the climatic point of view. Then, this method is applied to a computer architectural model, assumed to be located in Moderit EI-Tahrear (El Nasr city), being in the hot-arid zone. In chapter 6, conclusions drawn from the case study are given as well as general conclusions. Finally, some suggestions for future work in the same field are given, to include the upgrading of the computer supporting program reached.