The role of urban form in sustainability : the case study of a Riyadh city neighbourhood

This study seeks to evaluate the current urban form of Riyadh for its performance in sustainability. As the Riyadh plan is based on a modular grid of square super block neighbourhood units (2x2km), which were designed by Doxiadis in the late 1960s, the study is conducted at the neighbourhood level,...

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Main Author: Bin Sulaiman, Faisal Fahad S.
Published: University of Newcastle upon Tyne 2017
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.740540