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Title A New Vision For Future City In The Middle East
ID_Doc 3164
Authors Moussa R.A.
Year 2022
Published Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86499-6_17
Abstract Nowadays, the Middle East region is suffering from the rapid growth of the population living in urban agglomerations. Modern cities have become more complex with a multiplicity of actors and of tangible and immaterial constituents that combined together shaping contemporaneous city life. Although there are a lot of facilities, most of these cities face critical problems concerning social cohesion and well-being, public amenities and safety, economic growth, energy use, and environmental quality. Consequently, Cities governments and authorities have seek for a way to solve these concerns and emerging new cities characterized by flexibility, connectivity and mobility and the term of (Future Cities) have been introduce to define sustainable and smart cities which aim to enhance the performance and quality of the cities based on cognitive strategies in relation to intelligent knowledge, environmental efficiency and information technology for a future-oriented and effective urban context. The research paper discusses the new strategies and future visions adopted in the Middle East to pursue their own paths toward becoming more livable and sustainable. The aim of the paper is to analyze the future cities in the Middle East by understanding the various challenges, potentials and opportunities cities face. In the end, authors introduce effective strategies that help tackle the growing challenges of urbanization for future cities. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Author Keywords Environmental Challenges; Future Vision; Opportunities; Smart City; Sustainable Potentials; Technology


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