TY - JOUR
T1 - Rethinking suburban design
T2 - streets v/s alleys in improving network connectivity
AU - Alawadi, Khaled
AU - Khanal, Asim
AU - Al Hinai, Sara
N1 - Funding Information:
Khalifa University of Science & Technology?Competitive Internal Research Award, CIRA-2019-053 [Project number: 8474000184].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The notion of an urban-suburban dichotomy is deep-rooted in the literature, which regularly denigrates suburbs and nostalgically g lorifies urban centres. Meanwhile, suburbs have continued to dominate the urbanization process in many regions. This paper does not reject suburbs as an undesirable phenomenon but instead investigates how suburbs can be improved. Taking Abu Dhabi and Dubai as case studies, the article studies the connectivity efficiency of 32 suburban samples. Results reveal that not all suburbs have inefficient connectivity, but there is a room for improvement. Reclaiming alleys could enhance connectivity by 31% in some areas.
AB - The notion of an urban-suburban dichotomy is deep-rooted in the literature, which regularly denigrates suburbs and nostalgically g lorifies urban centres. Meanwhile, suburbs have continued to dominate the urbanization process in many regions. This paper does not reject suburbs as an undesirable phenomenon but instead investigates how suburbs can be improved. Taking Abu Dhabi and Dubai as case studies, the article studies the connectivity efficiency of 32 suburban samples. Results reveal that not all suburbs have inefficient connectivity, but there is a room for improvement. Reclaiming alleys could enhance connectivity by 31% in some areas.
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U2 - 10.1080/13574809.2021.1921570
DO - 10.1080/13574809.2021.1921570
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85107332834
SN - 1357-4809
VL - 26
SP - 725
EP - 745
JO - Journal of Urban Design
JF - Journal of Urban Design
IS - 6
ER -
