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Karim Ibrahim Ahmed Abdrabo

 

 

Nationality

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Egyptian

Date of Birth

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19.3.1989

Profession

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Senior Urban planner   

Specialization

:

City and rural planning  

Email

:

M.karim.ibrahim@hotmail.com & M.karim.ibrahim@cu.edu.eg

Mobile

:

Japan: +8180-2346-6487 & Egypt: +2010-0476-3487

 

KEY QUALIFICATIONS
  • A Licensed Architecture and urban planner.
  • Working knowledge of the Land policy, City planning, Urban Design, and landscape architecture, and the basic requirements of other architecture fields.
  • +10 years Professional Experience in urban planning and urban design (regional, city, Detailed and local plans, urban economic, Compounds projects, industrial areas, flood studies).
  • More than 6 years of project management experience.
  • Have a good knowledge and experience in analyzing different project activities and planning.
  • Have experience in dealing with ministries and municipalities.

 

 

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
June 2010 Cairo UNIVERSITY Cairo, Egypt                               
 

BSc in urban planning

 

 

 

 

February 2017 CairoUNIVERSITY

Cairo, Egypt                              

 

MSc in urban planning

 

 

 

 

June 2017 CairoUNIVERSITY

Cairo, Egypt                               
 

pre-P. HD in urban planning

 
 

 

 
October 2019 Kyoto university- japan

Kyoto, Japan
 

Researcher at Disaster prevention risk institute (DPRI)

 
 

 

 
April 2020 Kyoto university- japan Kyoto, Japan
 

P. HD student in the urban management department, Graduate school of engineering

 

 

    Member of Japanese society of civil engineers.

    Member of Saudi Consul of Engineers.

    Member of the Egyptian Engineers Syndicate.

 

EXPERIENCE RECORD
May 18 – October 2019 SALFO and ASSOCIATE SA

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deputy Project Manager

Rural and urban planner

 

 

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Spatial Planning Act for Saudi Arabia_ Stage 2_Drafting the Law

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Promoting the growth of medium and small cities in Saudi Arabia.

 

Responsibilities:

-             Coordination with the officials Coordinators in each ministry and agency for efficient planning and implementation of the Saudi Spatial Planning Act System_ Stage 2 and to ensure that the objective, outputs, and targets are achieved within the agreed timeline.

-             Coordination between the Project Team, which consists of three companies in different disciplines, nationalities, and countries. working in the field of law, urban planning, and project management.

-             Effective planning and management of activities, including consultations with team members, and progress reports.

-             Understanding the current urban system of Saudi Cities and identify small and medium-sized and their functional role.

-             Identify successful international experiences in activating the role of 32 small and medium-sized cities to achieve sustainable and balanced development and reflect those experiences on the urban development in the Kingdom.

-             Study and analyze the current situation of selected medium and small Saudi cities, propose mechanisms to activate their role, and support their growth to achieve the sustainable and balanced development

-             Develop a comprehensive framework for activating Saudi’s small and medium sized cities role and supporting their growth of in achieving sustainable and balanced development.

-             Propose workplans, programs and priority projects to activate the role and to support the growth of small and medium sized cities in achieving the sustainable and balanced development.

-             Travel to the 32 selected cities and meet the mayors of these municipalities.

 

 

June 11– April 18 Faculty of urban and regional planning                             

Giza, Egypt    

 

Assistant lecture

 

Courses

-            Planning of urban Communities

-            planning new urban communities’ planning

-            detailed plans for a new area

-            planning of residential areas

-            planning urban management

-            Economics housing

-            Economics urban Planning

-            urban Area planning

-            Urban sociology

-        Urban planning for Specialized area

 Responsibilities:

-             Participating in urban planning studios teaching and instruction.

-             Assessing students’ final projects.

-             Preparing courses files.

-             Giving some tutorials to students especially in computer courses.

                

March 15– September 15 Nature Design Group

Giza, Egypt    

 

Team leader (Urban Designer)

Projects:

-             Detailed plan City of King Abdullah ebn Abd al Aziz (KSA) “80 million m2“

-             Detailed plan for the housing project in al Rass City (KSA) “4 million m2“, Oniza 1, Oniza 2.

 

Responsibilities:

-             participating in the conceptual, preliminary and detailed urban designs, site layouts and supporting materials (reports, maps, drawings) for master planning and urban development projects.

-             participating in the alternatives plans and action plan for the slum housing area near the project.

-              Participating in the planning of residential, mixed use and commercial zones.

-        Coordinate with other disciplines involved in master planning and urban development projects.

 

Feb 2011 – Jul 2016 General organization of physical planning (GOPP) Ministry of Housing

Cairo, Egypt    

 

Assistant expert in Urban studies and geographic information systems

Projects:

-             1 million Fudan Project – detailed plan for housing project for 5 villages in collaboration with the Ministry of Defense.

-             Participate in the preparation of physical map of the governorates of Egypt (Suhag Governorate).

-             Strategic plan of the city of Cairo.

-             Strategic Vision of the city of Cairo 2052.

-             housing Study for project of the new city of Luxor.

-             housing Study for project of El wadi al Gded.

 

Responsibilities:

-             Designing the conceptual, preliminary, and detailed urban designs, site layouts, and supporting materials (maps, drawings) for master planning and urban development projects.

-             Preparing the conceptual, preliminary, and detailed urban designs, site layouts, and supporting materials (reports, maps, drawings) for master planning and urban development projects.

-             Responsible for creating and managing databases of geographic information systems and produce all the necessary maps.

-        Coordinate with other disciplines involved in master planning and urban development projects.

September 10 – June 17 Urban research consulting center

Giza, Egypt  

 

Urban planner

 

Projects :

-            Strategic plan for The City of Kafr Shokr.

-            Detailed plan for the waterfront of Al_Esmailia Canal.

-            Detailed plan for the waterfront of Helwan City.

-            Detailed plan for The Square of ministers.

-            Detailed plan for al Wayly District.

 

Responsibilities:

-             participating in the conceptual, preliminary, and detailed urban designs, site layouts, and supporting materials (reports, maps, drawings) for master planning and urban development projects.

-             participating in the alternatives plans and action plan for the slum housing area near the project.

-             Participating in the planning of residential, mixed-use, and commercial zones.

-             Coordinate with other disciplines involved in master planning and urban development projects.

-             Participation in the Economic study of the projects.

 

 

September 15 – June 16 CPAS Center for Planning and Architectural Studies

Cairo, Egypt    

 

Urban planner

 

Projects

-             Development of tram of May City

-             The outline for the city of May

 

Responsibilities:

-             Preparation of strategic plans for the city of May.

-             Coordinate with other disciplines involved in master planning and urban development projects

 

 

Jan 13 – May 16 Freelance

KSA

Urban planner

Projects

-             Designing many lands sub-division project in Riyadh region (Residential, Recreation, mixed use and industrial projects) including:

-             Detailed plan for the housing project in Shannn      ( KSA )

-             Detailed plan for the housing project in Namar City   (KSA)

-             Detailed plan for the housing project in Rafhaa City ( KSA )

-             Detailed plan for the housing project in al laith City  ( KSA )

-             Detailed plan for the housing project in sakak City  ( KSA )

-             Development of shamsan Castel.

-             Tourism development for the park of shaybanh,Bani Amr and al-habla in Asser (ksa)

-             Urban planning for the central city of Namas city –Asser (ksa)

 

 

 

April 12 – June 13

 

Planning & Urban Development Consultants PUD

 

Cairo, Egypt    

 

Urban planner

 

Projects:

-             Preparation of detailed plans for the city of Tanta 

Responsibilities:

-             Dealing with Clients and other internal departments

-             Covering client’s comments on the submitted projects

 

 

 

October 11 – April 12 Eco plan

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Cairo, Egypt    

 

Urban planner

Projects:

-             Strategic Plan of the cities of (al badaa – amlog – taymaa-deba-al_wagh haql) in KSA.

-             Strategic Plan of the city of Burj Al Arab

 

 Responsibilities:

 

-             Manage the preparation & presentation of reports.

-             Manage and participate production team in preparation of landscape packages (Preliminary, master plans).

-             Covering client’s comments on the submitted projects.

 

 

 

October 11 – April 12 Dr Fisal abd el-maksod office

Cairo, Egypt    

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Urban planner

 

Projects:

-             Upgrading slums area in the cities of Jizan and Yanbu

 Responsibilities:

-             Coordinator of the working group producing maps of 1/1000 detailed plans for the 2 slums area in the cities of Jizan and Yanbu in addition to review and approval.

-             Participation with the urban planning team in design the detailed plan including mixed- use areas, housing, commercial areas, new axis and regulations.

 

 

 

October 11 – April 12 CDC – Dr. Abdel Halim Ibrahim

.

Cairo, Egypt    

 

Urban planner

Projects:

-             Upgrading and Detailed plan for al khandaQ District – al Madinah al mnwara – KSA.

 Responsibilities:

-             Analysis for the current situation for the surrounding area of prophet’s mosque.

 

 

Publication

1

Saber, M.,

Abdrabo, K. I.

, Habiba, O. M., Kantosh, S. A., & Sumi, T. (2020). Impacts of Triple Factors on Flash Flood Vulnerability in Egypt: Urban Growth, Extreme Climate, and Mismanagement. Geosciences, 10(1), 24.‏

 

2

Karim I. Abdrabo *,

Sameh A. Kantoush, Mohamed Saber, Tetsuya Sumi, Omar M. Habiba, Dina Elliethiy, and Bahaa Elboshy (2020) Development of a Customized Methodology for Flood Risk Assessment in Ungauged Arid Urban Areas: A Case Study of Hurghada City, Red Sea, Egypt, Remote sensing (Under Review)

 

Organizing Activities

 

Type of activity Activity title Place

1

32 Work shops

Promoting the growth of medium and small cities in Saudi Arabia.

All regions In K.S. A

2

Local conferences

Japanese summit for river issues

Kyoto University, Japan

3

International conferences

International Symposium on Flash Floods in Wadi Systems (ISFF)

 

Kyoto University, Japan

 

LANGUAGE CAPABILITY

Arabic:

Mother tongue

 

English:

Spoken – fluent

Written – fluent

Reading – fluent

Certified

 

 

COMPUTER SKILLS / OTHER SKILLS

Operating Systems:  Windows 10 Professional,

Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook Express), Internet etc.

Very good knowledge in software of:

  • AutoCAD 2D
  • Photoshop cs6
  • GIS 10.4
  • RRI Rainfall-Runoff Inundation (RRI) model _ 2D Hydrological model

 

REFERENCES
Nikolas Palamaras

Alsulimannyah, Riyadh, KSA- +966543831629- npalamaras@salfo.sa

Technical Director of SALFO and Associates SA

Taher Osman

Hdaeek Al ahram, Giza, Egypt, +201011703821 - taher.mohamed2009@gmail.com

UNDP Project Officer, Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in Egypt Project, Cairo Office

Lecturer, Faculty of Urban and Regional Planning, Cairo University

Mohammed Saber

Uji, Kyoto, Japan, +817036006556, mohamedmd.saber.3u@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Senior Researcher DPRI, Kyoto university, faculty of Engineering

 

 

TRAINING OR EDUCATION
NAME, PLACE AND COUNTRY

TYPE

ATTENDED FROM/TO

CERTIFICATES

The Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme, Kyoto, Japan

water research and management

11.2019

11.2019

UNESCO office, Jakarta and Water Resources Research Center, Kyoto University

AutoCAD, Photoshop course, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo university, Egypt

Technical applications

10.2007

12.2007

CERTIFICATE (missing)

GIS Training course, Faculty of urban and regional planning, Cairo University, Egypt

Technical applications

11.2010

12.2010

CERTIFICATE (missing)

International Publication of Scientific Research, FLDC, Cairo University

Building Capacity of faculty members

1.2012

1.2012

CERTIFICATE

Credit hour systems, FLDC, Cairo University

Building Capacity of faculty members

11.2012

11.2012

CERTIFICATE

Quality standards in the teaching process, FLDC, Cairo University

Building Capacity of faculty members

1.2013

1.2013

CERTIFICATE

Preparing competitive projects to finance research, FLDC, Cairo University

Building Capacity of faculty members

5.2013

5.2013

CERTIFICATE

Financial and Legal Aspects of University Business, FLDC, Cairo University

Building Capacity of faculty members

9.2013

9.2013

CERTIFICATE

Recent trends in teaching, FLDC, Cairo University

Building Capacity of faculty members

4.2014

4.2014

CERTIFICATE

 

Tourism