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yasser elsheshtawy
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2015 •
Akram Ogaily
Sustainable Neighbourhoods in Arab world; a Path Towards Sustainability The Case of the Sustainable City in Dubai
2018 •
samah el khateeb
In the last years, the world has jumped rapidly towards more urbanisation, and for the first time in the history in 2008 urban population exceeded the rural population. By 2050, it is expected that two-thirds of the world population will live in urban areas. As a result of this rapid urbanisation worldwide, Sustainable Neighbourhoods SN emerged as a significant formation of cities that help in achieving sustainable development. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development included this sustainability aim through the Sustainable Development Goal 11. This goal aims to " make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. " The Sustainable City in Dubai is located in the United Arab Emirates, the development and construction started in 2014, and 95% of the site was completed in mid of 2016. The development of the Sustainable City shows that the occupation residents will have many incentives to buy a villa and live in the city such as free rooftop solar systems, open landscaped gardens, free Green Star rated home appliances, zero net maintenance fees, and zero net service charges. Additionally, the sustainable city in Dubai is an educational hub for sustainable design. It sponsored many students through its agreements with different universities and research labs. This research aims to understand the case of the sustainable city in Dubai as an Example of SN in the Arab world. The research will start with a literature review that identifies all related terminologies to SN, besides a comprehensive analysis of some fundamental principles of SN design. A case study analysis will be done including; site visit, and applying one of the principles of SN on the sustainable city in Dubai to understand and explore the sustainability principles in it.
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Phases of Development: A Cultural, Societal and Environmental Overview of Abu Dhabi's Urban Morphology
Hannah Allawi
— Instant cities are on the rise. With a global trend that has stretched from the Far East to the Middle East, these emergent cities have challenged the world through their instant urban growth and their spectacular economic impact on a global scale. Cities like Shanghai and Dubai have been instrumental in the growth of other emergent cities-the craze of 'Dubaization' [1] or Dubai-mania has been on the rise through out the more politically stable countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the Middle East. The GCC came together in 1981 uniting the countries of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait. In recent years, cities of the GCC, primarily, Doha, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Manama have each adapted to the notion of instant urban growth, and much like Dubai, they have become part of the race for urban and architectural development. This paper will examine the city of Abu Dhabi as a case study considering its uniqueness and rich history, though considered short in comparison with other major cities around the world. Abu Dhabi has an opportunity to document and analyze its architectural and urban evolution in order to fully understand its past, present and potential future as a modernized metropolis. Instant cities now have the challenge to meet the needs of environmental sustainability in order to become even smarter cities and thus must face the challenge of adapting their existing urban fabric to accommodate sustainable urban and architectural development. This paper provides an overview of the urban morphology of Abu Dhabi, an influential instant Arab gulf city, and the process of their instantaneous urban growth. An overview of their urban history may call upon the question of their future adaptability and current progress for future changes to the city. The current research identifies the unique historical phases of urban development of Abu Dhabi up to present day that each correspond to and contain their distinctive cultural, societal and environmental factors that have helped shaped the city – these factors have been taken into consideration when defining the stages of urban development through the defined phases. [1] Elsheshtawy, Yasser. Planning Middle Eastern Cities: An Urban Kaleidoscope in a Globalizing World. London: Routledge, 2004. The continuous development of the city of Abu Dhabi, to a great extent, considers its ongoing growing economy and distinctive environment contained as part of each defined period provided in the following overview.
City, Territory and Architecture
Towards a socially vibrant city: exploring urban typologies and morphologies of the emerging "CityWalks" in Dubai
2023 •
Khaled Galal Ahmed, Alaa Omar Kordi
Vertical urbanization to maximize land use in many cities has led to a shortage of urban spaces that could adequately meet people's needs. In response, CityWalk has emerged as a new urban form to solve this problem by attracting people to go from inside closed buildings to outside walks. Thus, it is promoting health, economy, and tourism. Locally in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), especially in Dubai, a limited number of CityWalks have been developed. Despite the increasing popularity of CityWalks, there has been a gap in research examining their distinct emerging urban typologies and their urban configuration. This study seeks to address this gap by first conceptualizing CityWalk as an emerging urban public space based on the exploration of global and local experiences. Second, the study categorized the morphological configuration of three selected case studies of CityWalks in Dubai using Geographic Information System (GIS) tools. These case studies represent three different developments of CityWalks in three different contexts in the UAE. First, CityWalks within the inner city's urban context are represented by 'City Walk' in Al Wasel. Second, CityWalks surrounded by the sea represented by 'The Walk' in Marsa Dubai. Third, CityWalks developed next to traditional buildings represented by 'Al Seef' in Al Hamriya. The findings of the research investigations reveal that the emerging 'CityWalks' developments in each of the three different urban contexts in Dubai do not represent a single familiar urban space typology but rather a 'harmonious' blend of global and local urban design typologies. In addition, the urban morphological analysis of these three urban developments underscores the distinctive characteristics of each of them in terms of street network, urban form, urban compactness, land use, and shading. This contributes to better understanding of these emerging urban forms and hence pave the way for more research about their socioeconomic robustness to ultimately contribute to more successful future designs of 'CityWalks' in Dubai and other cities in the region.
Settlement - Urban Change In The Emirate of Dubai_Master Thesis abstract _ADEL SAMAK
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