Sustainable urban landscape : a discussion drawn from 3 examples of new development projects in the Middle East

Abstract: Sustainable urban landscape is the intergal subjects in this thesis and public realm as a sub category of urban landscape has been main focus of this study. The thesis will introduce public realm design process of three urban development projects which are in the same regional context. Each case study has a different theme being: 1. Zero carbon city, 2.Waterfront redevelopment and 3. Forest city in arid zone. Case study (a) has a pre design sustainability guideline and case study (b) has been progressed with attention to sustainability during the design process as a requirement from the developer. A lush forest theme has been priorotised to sustainability in design of case study (c). The study continues to analyze the three case studies, and a relative comparison of those three in terms of sustainability of their designed public realm. The study further progresses to include a discussion about the pillars of sustainability, the triangle of environmental, social and economic factors, and if the concept of sustainability is achievable being in the centre of the triangle.