Planning Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi’s urban development path contrasts sharply with its exuberant neighbour, Dubai. As Alamira Reem puts it, Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates since 1971, ‘has been quietly devising its own plans … to manifest its role and stature as a capital city’.
Alamira Reem, a native Abu Dhabian and urban planner and researcher who has studied the emirate’s development for more than a deca...
Abu Dhabi’s urban development path contrasts sharply with its exuberant neighbour, Dubai. As Alamira Reem puts it, Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates since 1971, ‘has been quietly devising its own plans … to manifest its role and stature as a capital city’.
Alamira Reem, a native Abu Dhabian and urban planner and researcher who has studied the emirate’s development for more than a deca...
