Dubai: der schnelle Aufstieg zur Wirtschaftsmetropole

Int. Migration & Integration

Ibrahim

2017

The various efforts in diversifying local economies in most Gulf States led to the emergence of new medium to high-income groups of migrant knowledge workers whose efforts are required to develop various new economic sectors. This paper aims to investigate the current housing conditions and perceptions of these migrant communities to identify key similarities and differences with respect to housing made available to them and depending on their cultural background. To this end, the methodology involves field surveys to explore the three main housing typologies for higher-income groups and a questionnaire with a total of 258 knowledge workers in the city of Doha as a representative case to investigate the associated perceptions of four dominant groups from different cultural backgrounds. The findings reveal that there is a distinct social segregation between cultural groups, which is mainly rooted in varying income levels. Furthermore, the supply-driven market has hardly integrated cultural needs of migrants and thus diversified and inclusive housing has been identified as major planning and design challenge.

Section: General Housing Development Patterns In Gulf Citiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Migrant Knowledge Workers’ Perceptions of Housing Conditions in Gulf Cities

Salama

Int. Migration & Integration

Ibrahim

2017

“…As in other emerging cities worldwide, exponential growth has led to various challenges for urban governance to introduce and sustain efficient and diverse urban structures (Adham, 2008). While in already consolidated urban configurations, building typologies are the result of long-term demand-driven incentives within the real-estate markets, Emerging Gulf cities are built in a rather short period of time and by unconventional dynamics (Schmid, 2009;Davidson, 2008). The extensive immigration led to the immediate need for supplementary housing; enforcing both urban sprawl and newly emerging high-rise clusters.…”

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confidence: 99%

Residential High-Rise Clusters as a Contemporary Planning Challenge in Manama

2015

Gremium

This paper analyzes the different roots of current residential high-rise clusters emerging in new city districts along the coast of Bahrain’s capital city Manama, and the resulting urban planning and design challenges. Since the local real-estate markets were liberalized in Bahrain in 2003, the population grew rapidly to more than one million inhabitants. Consequently, the housing demand increased rapidly due to extensive immigration. Many residential developments were however constructed for the upper spectrum of the real-estate market, due to speculative tendencies causing a raise in land value. The emerging high-rise clusters are developed along the various waterfronts of Manama on newly reclaimed land. This paper explores the spatial consequences of the recent boom in construction boom and the various challenges for architects and urban planners to enhance urban qualities.

“…This new development phase was first initiated in cities, such as Dubai and Manama, where the local oil production receded. But due to the rapid impact on urban and thus economic growth, the new development strategies were adopted in various cities, including Doha and Abu Dhabi, where the production of oil and gas has enabled the public sector to reinvest revenues in new economic development strategies (Schmid, 2008 and2009). This new phase of economic transformation is mainly rooted in the vision to establish oil-independent service economies by benefiting from the fortunate geopolitical location between regional and global markets.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Role of Mega Projects in Redefining Housing Development in Gulf Cities

Salama

Ibrahim

2016

OHI

Since the end of the 1990s, large-scale mega projects have been initiated in Gulf cities to enable an unprecedented urban growth and the expansion of new economic sectors. In this respect, mega projects have played a key role in redefining housing developments in Gulf cities. This paper explores the newly emerging housing typologies and their distinctive roles in defining new urban environments. The selected case studies are located in the Jumeirah District in Dubai, which can be seen as the first prototype of a large cohesive development area that has been built of nine rather differing mega projects including the iconic Palm project and one of the largest residential high-rise agglomerations in the Middle East. The paper is based on the evaluation of official planning data from each project as well as field observations. Conclusions are drawn to highlight key implications while identifying housing development tendencies.