Issues and Trends in Dubai Paper
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Project: Al Ain city in UAEName:Course:Professor:Date:
ProjectAl ain, is among the largest cities in United Arab Emirates. The city is also known as garden city due to its greenery. To be specific, the city is number four in terms of size after Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Shajah. The population in the city has been growing and it has been inhabited for more than 4,000 years. The city is inhabited by people of many nationalities with Emirati nationals having the highest percentage. From Abu Dhabi, Al ain city is locatedabout 160 kilometres (99 miles) to the east of the capital and close to 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of Dubai (Al AIN UNIVERSITY, 2017). Different issues are related to the Al ain city. This paper will look at different issues and the trends which they have gone through over the past and the current status. Administrative structureAdministratively, Al ain city lies in one of the key emirate of UAE. The city lies on Abu Dhabi emirate. The city is one of the key municipalities of the Abu Dhabi emirate. Down the line, the municipality is divided into towns and village sections. Al ain city municipality was established in 1967 to serve the city and other neighbouring regions. The municipality functions like a government and is charged with development of programs to improve the standards of the city. The ruler of the Abu Dhabi is able to control the activities and functionality of the city of Al ain city. Nevertheless, the city is headed by general manager. The city is divided in different divisions which are charged to undertake developments on different sections. Different departments are created within the municipalityto enhance the provision of services (Zahlan, 2009). These departments help the managementof the municipality to run the cities activities. The departments have some key sub-sections divided according to the intended work or area of operation. For instance, the infrastructure and assets department within the municipality has several key sub-sections which aid in the
administrative works of the city. Al ain Oasis event are some of the key dates for the city of Al ain (Sharabi, 2008). The event is organized at different dates. Moreover, Al Ain is divided into 64 districts, where 29 are urban and 35 are rural and suburban. In addition, the districts are divided further to 322 communities in the Al ain municipality. Figure 1: Administrative structure of Al Ain cityLand usesAl ain city has been used for development services. The department of municipality iskey in enhancing the zoning issue of the land in the city. In addition, Abu Dhabi urban Planning Council (UPC) plays a critical role on land issue planning in the Al ain city. The urban structure of the city is controlled by the UPC management (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). The implementation strategy is done by the management of the city although planning is done by the UPC. UPC carried the major mandate on enhancing the
environmental, social and economical issues of Al ain city and therefore controls the land useactivities and city planning. City master plans to transform the Al ain city has been launched by the UPC (The Marron Institute, 2017). The Al ain city has been regarded as a garden city for long due to the lush vegetation and fertile urban farms. Nevertheless, of late the transformation of the city is taking place with major projects being launched on the region. Plan Al Ain project goals are aimed at defining an urban centre to adjust the region with urban planning set up (AL AIN UNIVERSITY, 2017). In addition, there are numerous farms of different sizes used to grow different salad crops. In addition, the “Plan Al Ain 2030 Plan” is dedicating to ensure that the balance between the conservation and development plans are achieved. This means that the aim to maintain the city as a green city is a key aim of the planner as the strategic plans to develop the urban centre are on curse. Intelligent land use is a key policy which the management teamof the city are using to ensure that the 2030 plan does not affect the conservation issues in thecity. The increase of industrialization in the region is affecting the ground water resources and city’s oases (Vine, and Casey, 2010). The city has a total area of 15,100 square kilometres (5,800 sq miles). In addition, other key land reservations on the land are on the parks, tree-lined avenues and city decorated areas. Key focus on the land uses are some of thezoning issues which need to be focused on (The Marron Institute, 2017). Looking at the development issues and the type of activities to be carried out is a key issues need to be focused on during the zoning. Clear plans to develop the city need to look at the needs of the city and what services are needed. Area sizes and trendsAl ain city has been regarded as a green city due to the fertile lands, which are used for the urban farming for long. Urban Structure Framework Plan has been launched in the
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