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Impact of the Spatial Configuration of Streets Networks on Urban Growth: A Case Study of Abha City, Saudi Arabia

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  • Ahmed Ali Bindajam

    (Department of Architecture and Planning, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha 61411, Saudi Arabia)

  • Javed Mallick

    (Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha 61411, Saudi Arabia)

Abstract

The rapid economic growth of Saudi cities after the discovery of oil in 1960 had some disadvantages, the most significant of which was the rapid search for alternatives to urban development and the acceleration of urban growth in its major cities and villages. That contributed to the implementation of certain planning policies based on the heavy use of large-scale vehicles. These policies have been instrumental in increasing horizontal expansion, which has been linked to the increased need to rely on cars as a means of movement and not to adopt public transport such as metro and railways. In this research, one of the main cities in the Asir region, which is the administrative capital of Abha, which has been evaluated and analyzed. Space syntax is an informative theory that stands on the structure of urban graphs. Utilizing syntactic analysis, the impact of highways and arterial roads on the integration and connectivity orientation in the urban structure of the city is analyzed, and the constraints and opportunities for development in the building use map are identified. Resulting in isolated parts of districts with no pedestrian routes to connect them, this methodology allows us to determine the main points in the structure of the city where pedestrian accessibility can be added in order to provide the remedy to overcome the shortage in the city’s network system (i.e., crossovers, tunnels, etc.). In addition, the impact on the human dimension of the living community, the diversity of land use, and real estate financial classifications were discussed, while the principles of sustainable planning were used to enhance the integration of walkability in the built environment, which was the goal of this study.

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  • Ahmed Ali Bindajam & Javed Mallick, 2020. "Impact of the Spatial Configuration of Streets Networks on Urban Growth: A Case Study of Abha City, Saudi Arabia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-14, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:5:p:1856-:d:326903
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