urban design & master planners

CBD Land Use Framework Plan

The urban edge of the Oasis

Gateway Transit Corridor Land Use Plan

Plan Al Ain 2030 / United Arab Emirates

CLIENT: Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council

The Al Ain 2030 Urban Structure Framework Plan established a 20-year guiding plan for the City of Al Ain as it develops from a current population of 200,000 to a proposed 1 million people. The resulting vision carefully guides growth while preserving the cultural and environmental identity of Al Ain. Key outcomes include:

• A land use plan that focuses growth in the CBD
 and along a transit supported ‘gateway corridor’;
• The preservation of significant landscape
 features such as prominent dunes and
 intermittant rivers (wadis);
• The creation of an urban network of parks and
 open space links;
• Preservation of Al Ain’s character as a 4- to
 5-storey mid-rise city; and,
• Careful enhancement of the relationship
 between Al Ain and Al Ain Oasis.