30 March 2014
Muscat: Urban growth in the capital Muscat has passed through a history of political and socioeconomic changes, which have affected the entire urban pattern, experts said at a conference in Muscat.
Muscat: Urban growth in the capital Muscat has passed through a history of political and socioeconomic changes, which have affected the entire urban pattern, experts said at a conference in Muscat.
The conference titled 'Challenges of Urbanisation in Arab Gulf Countries' continued at German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) on Saturday, with a number of presentations on urbanisation and sustainability in Oman.
The conference also features presentations and discussion on the outcome of a three-year interdisciplinary research project on Sustainable Urbanisation patterns in Oman, carried out by professors from SQU, GUtech and The Research Council (TRC).
"The urban management has created imbalance between the availability of natural resources and the rate of consumption," said Dr. Hamad Al Gharibi, Head of the Urban Planning Department of the Directorate of Housing.
© Times of Oman 2014
