Zainab Ibrahim Abass
Zainab is a faculty member at the Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Technology in Baghdad, Iraq.
Zainab has a Doctor of Philosophy PhD 2018: Urban Design, Housing, Deakin University, Engineering Faculty, School of Architecture and Built Environment. Australia. Her research areas focus on neighbourhood design and social interaction in housing contexts
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Lecturer
Education
- Ph.D Architecture, Deakin University Australia, 2018
- M.Sc Architectural Engineering / University of technology/ Iraq, 2005.
- B.Sc. Architectural Engineering University of technology/ Iraq, 2001
Research Interests
- Urban design and housing
- Neighbourhood design and Social Interaction
- Architectural Design
- Community sustainability
- Sustainable built environment
- Green and public spaces design.
- Neighbourhood attachment
- Accessibility and Walkability
Teaching
- Building construction for 2nd year.
- Engineering drawing for 1st year.
- English language from 2nd year to fourth year.
- Supervision of graduation project 4th year.
Most recent publications
1. Abass, Z & Tucker, R “Measuring Accessibility in low density Housing: The Role of neighbourhood design”, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 737 (2020) 012182, doi:10.1088/1757-899X/737/1/012182.
2. Abass, Z & Tucker, R ‘Talk on the Street: The Impact of Good Streetscape Design on Neighbourhood Experience in Low-density Suburbs’, Housing, Theory and Society Journal..
3. Abass, Z; Andrews, F & Tucker, R “Socialising in the suburbs: Relationships between neighbourhood design and social interaction in low-density housing contexts,” Journal of Urban Design.
4. Abass, Z & Tucker, R (2018) “Residential satisfaction in low-density Australian suburbs: Role of dwelling, neighbourhood, neighbouring and length of residence on neighbourhood contentment,” Journal of Environmental Psychology [C1-A*] [SCImago Q1] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.02.005.
5. Abass, Z & Tucker, R (2017) “The impacts of social and physical context on neighbourhood satisfaction in the suburbs” BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE NEXT 50 YEARS] 51st International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), Victoria University of Wellington, 29 Nov – 2 Dec 2017.
6. Abass, Z & Tucker, R (2017) “White picket fences: The relationship between neighbourhood attachment and neighbourhood design characteristics of suburbs,” Landscape and Urban Planning, 170, 231–40, [C1-A*] [SCImago Q1].
7. Abass, Z & Tucker, R (2016) “Fifty shades of green: tree coverage and neighbourhood attachment in relation to social interaction in Australian suburbs,” 50th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association, Adelaide, 7–9 December 2016.
- 2018 – Graham Treloar Research Prize -The Best Higher degree by Research student with a published paper on sustainability/ Deakin University, May 2018. School of Architecture and Built Environment.
- 2013- (Full scholarship for 4 years), by Republic of Iraq Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research, Deakin University.