Smart cities a smart solution for Middle East city planners

City planners in the Middle East face a pressing challenge. Their rapidly increasing urban populations are straining existing infrastructure even while governments look...

Construction

Saudi Arabia ‘plans to develop 17 cities’

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs intends to develop 17 small and medium-sized cities across the country, according to a...

Infrastructure

The circular model

Malek Sukkar on moving away from ‘take-make-waste’ to a smarter paradigm City planning over the past few decades has evolved to focus...

Construction

Korea increases access to Abu Dhabi developers

The Korean Ministry of Land has entered into a cooperation agreement with Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC). The MoU, described as...

Construction

CTBUH calls for research proposals

A call for proposals has been launched by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, for the body’s 2012 International Research...

Construction

Capital master plan

Funding for a string of new projects has been confirmed by Abu Dhabi Executive Council, signalling the start of tangible economic recovery...

Analysis

Qatar – One Year On

This month marks a year since the announcement that Qatar is to host the 2022 World Cup. Dan McAlister looks at how...

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