{"id":168,"date":"2014-06-05T10:08:22","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T10:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/?page_id=168"},"modified":"2014-06-18T04:35:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T04:35:10","slug":"riyadh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/gulf-cities\/riyadh\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Riyadh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The center of the Arabian Peninsula<\/p>\n<p>By Abida Khan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>________________________________________________________________________\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Riyadh-300x3001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-481\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Riyadh-300x3001.jpg\" alt=\"Riyadh-300x300\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Riyadh-300x3001.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Riyadh-300x3001-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOHA VS. AL RIYADH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-484\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture2.png\" alt=\"Picture2\" width=\"747\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture2.png 747w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture2-300x187.png 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture2-478x300.png 478w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doha:\u00a0 132.1 Km2 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Al Riyadh:1,200 km2<\/p>\n<p>____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<ol style=\"color: #373737\">\n<li><strong>% OF WATER USED AS PERCENTAGE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY\u00b3<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>AVERAGE SHARE OF GDP<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>PERCENTAGE OF CARBON EMISSIONS<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/GDP-and-CARBON4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1107\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/GDP-and-CARBON4.jpg\" alt=\"GDP and CARBON\" width=\"2481\" height=\"1062\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/GDP-and-CARBON4.jpg 2481w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/GDP-and-CARBON4-300x128.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/GDP-and-CARBON4-1024x438.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/GDP-and-CARBON4-500x214.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2481px) 100vw, 2481px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-485\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture1.jpg\" alt=\"Picture1\" width=\"977\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture1.jpg 977w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture1-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 977px) 100vw, 977px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Longitude: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tools.wmflabs.org\/geohack\/geohack.php?pagename=Riyadh&amp;params=24_38_N_46_43_E_type:city(5254560)_region:SA\">24\u00b038\u2032N\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Latitude:<\/strong> 46\u00b043\u2032E<\/p>\n<p><strong>Population:<\/strong> 5,254,560 (2010)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Geography:<\/strong> Center of Arab Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Climate:<\/strong> Dry, variation in temperature, irregular rains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>City Type:<\/strong> Capital of Saudi arabia<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Historical Evolution\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/other-stuff\/historical-evolution\/\"><strong>Historical Evolution\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-487\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture3.jpg\" alt=\"Picture3\" width=\"804\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture3.jpg 804w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture3-300x216.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture3-415x300.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/a>Al-Riyadh \u2013 1863<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>MASTER PLANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"font-style: normal\" title=\"Transportation in Al Riyadh\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/other-stuff\/984-2\/\">TRANSPORTATION\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-style: normal\" title=\"TOPOGRAPHY\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/other-stuff\/topography\/\">TOPOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"GREEN &amp; BLUE MASTER PLANS\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/other-stuff\/green-blue-master-plans\/\">GREEN &amp; BLUE MASTER PLANS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROJECTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"King Abdullah Financial District\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/other-stuff\/king-abdullah-financial-district\/\">King Abdullah Financial District<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-565\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/e77040e6-9540-4494-8cfe-95914e5ff08c.jpg\" alt=\"e77040e6-9540-4494-8cfe-95914e5ff08c\" width=\"1200\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/e77040e6-9540-4494-8cfe-95914e5ff08c.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/e77040e6-9540-4494-8cfe-95914e5ff08c-300x80.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/e77040e6-9540-4494-8cfe-95914e5ff08c-1024x273.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/e77040e6-9540-4494-8cfe-95914e5ff08c-500x133.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"King Abdullah international gardens\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/other-stuff\/king-abdullah-international-gardens\/\">King Abdullah international gardens\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-493\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture8.png\" alt=\"Picture8\" width=\"1206\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture8.png 1206w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture8-300x152.png 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture8-1024x520.png 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture8-500x254.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1206px) 100vw, 1206px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Al Ha\u2019ir Lakes\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/other-stuff\/al-hair-lakes\/\">\u00a0Al Ha\u2019ir Lakes<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-508\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture18.jpg\" alt=\"Picture18\" width=\"736\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture18.jpg 736w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture18-300x116.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Picture18-500x194.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"color: #323232\"><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Other projects <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"title\" style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.riyadhnorth.com\/index.html\">Riyadh North<\/a>&#8211;\u00a0MASTER PLAN OF NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/sum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1068\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/sum.jpg\" alt=\"sum\" width=\"603\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/sum.jpg 603w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/sum-300x177.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/sum-500x296.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.riyadhnorth.com\/ReadContentEN.asp?ContentID=51\">For more information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samaya project is a remarkable project in Riyadh<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cayan.net\/projects\/samaya\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1074\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/samaya-4.jpg\" alt=\"samaya-4\" width=\"900\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/samaya-4.jpg 900w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/samaya-4-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/samaya-4-437x300.jpg 437w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>For more information<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222\">Shegery Duplex City<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1083\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/shegery_big_04.jpg\" alt=\"shegery_big_04\" width=\"961\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/shegery_big_04.jpg 961w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/shegery_big_04-300x151.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/shegery_big_04-500x252.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dewan-architects.com\/work_urban_planning_shegery.html\">For\u00a0more information\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>FUTURE VISION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em style=\"color: #4b4b4c\">City of Riyadh. Building upon the principles of sustainability.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Riyadh-Snohetta-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-592\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Riyadh-Snohetta-03.jpg\" alt=\"Riyadh-Snohetta-03\" width=\"730\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Riyadh-Snohetta-03.jpg 730w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Riyadh-Snohetta-03-300x174.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/Riyadh-Snohetta-03-500x291.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/KACARE_750_745.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1087\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/KACARE_750_745.jpg\" alt=\"KACARE_750_745\" width=\"745\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/KACARE_750_745.jpg 745w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/KACARE_750_745-300x122.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/files\/2014\/06\/KACARE_750_745-500x203.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>_________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>References\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Samaya. (n.d.).\u00a0<i><\/i>. Retrieved June 16, 2014, from http:\/\/demo1.nusrv.com\/CS232\/cayan.net\/projects\/samaya<\/p>\n<p>Saudiaramcoworld. (n.d.).\u00a0<i><\/i>. Retrieved June 16, 2014, from http:\/\/www.saudiaramcoworld.com\/issue\/201201\/a.wadi.runs.through.it.htm<\/p>\n<p>Shegery Duplex City. (n.d.).\u00a0<i><\/i>. Retrieved June 16, 2014, from http:\/\/www.dewan-architects.com\/work_urban_planning_shegery.html<\/p>\n<p>Riyadh map. (n.d.).\u00a0<i><\/i>. Retrieved June 16, 2014, from https:\/\/www.google.com\/?gws_rd=ssl<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The center of the Arabian Peninsula By Abida Khan &nbsp; ________________________________________________________________________\u00a0 &nbsp; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION ______________________________________________________________________ DOHA VS. AL RIYADH Doha:\u00a0 132.1 Km2 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/gulf-cities\/riyadh\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":0,"parent":137,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1171,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions\/1171"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/qatarurbanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}