Assessing Main Social Sustainability Indicators in the Designs of the Three Recent Trendy ‘Sustainable Cities’ in UAE

Khaled Galal Ahmed; Baraah Hamdoon; Sohila Abdelrehim; Raghad Younes; Majd Abu Khadir; Rawan Saad; Alnouna Salem Alrashedi

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-76025-9_11

Assessing Main Social Sustainability Indicators in the Designs of the Three Recent Trendy ‘Sustainable Cities’ in UAE

Khaled Galal Ahmed
, Baraah Hamdoon
, Sohila Abdelrehim
, Raghad Younes
, Majd Abu Khadir
, Rawan Saad
, Alnouna Salem Alrashedi

Department of Architectural Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

There is a newly emerging neighborhood-scale sustainable urban community development ‘trend’ that has recently begun in Dubai in its pioneering so-called ‘Sustainable City’ project. This urban development trend is being imitated in both Sharjah and Abu Dhabi cities, with similar projects highly anticipated to follow. The three pioneering ‘Sustainable Cities’ are claimed to be designed to mark the shift from conventional to sustainable urban communities. While environmental sustainability has received the attention in the designs of these projects, social sustainability consideration has not been investigated yet. The research objective is to define the drawbacks and potentials related to the main social sustainability aspects of Density, Accessibility, Choice, and Social Mix in these designs to better consider them in similar future projects. To achieve its objective the research adopted a case study method utilizing mixed quantitative/qualitative investigation tools. The results of the research revealed essential opportunities for social sustainability enhancement in the three analyzed case studies. Hence, a set of design actions is recommended to reconcile environmental and social sustainability measures in all new ‘Sustainable Cities’ in the UAE, as a welcomed trendy sustainable urban community development approach.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sustainable Approaches to Environmental Design, Materials Science, and Engineering Technologies, Vol. 1
Editors	Vincenzo Paolo Bagnato, Etleva Dobjani, Hasim Altan, D. Jude Hemanth, Ilaria Pigliautile, Rim Meziani, Osama Ahmed Mohamed, Ivan A. Parinov
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	121-131
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9783031760242
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-76025-9_11
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	International conference on Environmental Design, Material Science, and Engineering Technologies, EDMSET 2024 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates Duration: Apr 22 2024 → Apr 24 2024

Publication series

Name	Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation
ISSN (Print)	2522-8714
ISSN (Electronic)	2522-8722

Conference

Conference	International conference on Environmental Design, Material Science, and Engineering Technologies, EDMSET 2024
Country/Territory	United Arab Emirates
City	Dubai
Period	4/22/24 → 4/24/24

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Abu Dhabi
Dubai
Sharjah UAE
Social sustainability
Sustainable Cities
Sustainable community
Sustainable neighbourhood

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Architecture
Environmental Chemistry
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Galal Ahmed, K., Hamdoon, B., Abdelrehim, S., Younes, R., Khadir, M. A., Saad, R., & Alrashedi, A. S. (2025). Assessing Main Social Sustainability Indicators in the Designs of the Three Recent Trendy ‘Sustainable Cities’ in UAE. In V. P. Bagnato, E. Dobjani, H. Altan, D. J. Hemanth, I. Pigliautile, R. Meziani, O. A. Mohamed, & I. A. Parinov (Eds.), Sustainable Approaches to Environmental Design, Materials Science, and Engineering Technologies, Vol. 1 (pp. 121-131). (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-76025-9_11

Assessing Main Social Sustainability Indicators in the Designs of the Three Recent Trendy ‘Sustainable Cities’ in UAE. / Galal Ahmed, Khaled; Hamdoon, Baraah; Abdelrehim, Sohila et al.
Sustainable Approaches to Environmental Design, Materials Science, and Engineering Technologies, Vol. 1. ed. / Vincenzo Paolo Bagnato; Etleva Dobjani; Hasim Altan; D. Jude Hemanth; Ilaria Pigliautile; Rim Meziani; Osama Ahmed Mohamed; Ivan A. Parinov. Springer Nature, 2025. p. 121-131 (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Galal Ahmed, K, Hamdoon, B, Abdelrehim, S, Younes, R, Khadir, MA, Saad, R & Alrashedi, AS 2025, Assessing Main Social Sustainability Indicators in the Designs of the Three Recent Trendy ‘Sustainable Cities’ in UAE. in VP Bagnato, E Dobjani, H Altan, DJ Hemanth, I Pigliautile, R Meziani, OA Mohamed & IA Parinov (eds), Sustainable Approaches to Environmental Design, Materials Science, and Engineering Technologies, Vol. 1. Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation, Springer Nature, pp. 121-131, International conference on Environmental Design, Material Science, and Engineering Technologies, EDMSET 2024, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 4/22/24. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-76025-9_11

Galal Ahmed K, Hamdoon B, Abdelrehim S, Younes R, Khadir MA, Saad R et al. Assessing Main Social Sustainability Indicators in the Designs of the Three Recent Trendy ‘Sustainable Cities’ in UAE. In Bagnato VP, Dobjani E, Altan H, Hemanth DJ, Pigliautile I, Meziani R, Mohamed OA, Parinov IA, editors, Sustainable Approaches to Environmental Design, Materials Science, and Engineering Technologies, Vol. 1. Springer Nature. 2025. p. 121-131. (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-76025-9_11

Galal Ahmed, Khaled ; Hamdoon, Baraah ; Abdelrehim, Sohila et al. / Assessing Main Social Sustainability Indicators in the Designs of the Three Recent Trendy ‘Sustainable Cities’ in UAE. Sustainable Approaches to Environmental Design, Materials Science, and Engineering Technologies, Vol. 1. editor / Vincenzo Paolo Bagnato ; Etleva Dobjani ; Hasim Altan ; D. Jude Hemanth ; Ilaria Pigliautile ; Rim Meziani ; Osama Ahmed Mohamed ; Ivan A. Parinov. Springer Nature, 2025. pp. 121-131 (Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation).

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