27. ABDUL-RAHMAN-MAHMOUD MASOUD
Information acquired: 2025
ABDUL-RAHMAN-MAHMOUD MASOUD is an academic who published a paper in 2021 entitled SMARTer Growth : a suite of neighborhood design evaluation tools to help sustain a desired quality o. ABDUL-RAHMAN-MAHMOUD MASOUD published this work as part of a team: Masoud, Abdul Rahman Mahmoud. Here is a description of this work: Aut,,-dependency has triggered many public health challenges for North American citizens including increases in physical inactivity rates, road collisions, and Greenhouse Gas emissions. As a result, there has been a growing interest in addressing these challenges by promoting more sustainable and livable neighbourhood planning. In response, researchers from the University of British Columbia and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation have developed the SMARTer Growth (SG) neighbourhood design principles. However, no previous research has evaluated the impact of the full-fledged SMARTer Growth design principles on travel behaviour and community quality of life. To conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the SG principles, this research developed an agent-based model that evaluates the impact of neighbourhood des.