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Globally, the car significantly impacts new urban design forms by adapting transportation networks to vehicles. In recent decades, the car-oriented neighborhood urban design form has significantly shaped most modern Arabian Cities. Accordingly, private cars have become the primary mode of transport in neighborhoods in these cities. The car-oriented neighborhood urban design form posed two primary challenges in these cities: shifting user behavior from public transport to private cars, limiting neighborhood accessibility to public facilities and community services, and reducing personal activities. The discussion of the negative impact of car-oriented cities on sustainability has become increasingly critical for reducing energy consumption and air pollution, as well as for improving community public health by encouraging sustainable urban design that mitigates the harmful effects of car-oriented development. However, the lack of realistic and scientific tools to measure the efficiency of neighborhood design is still the main challenge. Therefore, this paper focuses on the car-oriented neighborhood urban design and road/street network form and evaluates the accessibility issue to reach public facilities and community services. The study developed a GIS-based tool and indicators to measure the mobility efficiency of existing car-centric neighborhood levels to adapt sustainable mobility strategies. Accordingly, they could adjust the sustainable, efficient road network to promote walking, cycling, e-scooter, and public transit services in neighborhood design concepts. This study selected six neighborhood design case studies from four cities (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, and Doha) in the Arabian cities to apply the GIS digital tool to examine mobility efficiency based on road network design for each, and developed critical neighborhood urban design and sustainable mobility strategies to adapt car-oriented neighborhoods to sustainable cities from a sustainable urban design and mobility perspective. This study would contribute to future urban and transportation planning for car-oriented Arabian cities toward realizing sustainable cities.

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Designing Neighborhood Urban Form for Car-Oriented Arabian Cities Toward Realizing Sustainable Cities

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    2026年

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  • Hiroki Kikuchi,
  • Ahmet Basid Dogru,
  • Ahmet Yildirim

摘要

Globally, the car significantly impacts new urban design forms by adapting transportation networks to vehicles. In recent decades, the car-oriented neighborhood urban design form has significantly shaped most modern Arabian Cities. Accordingly, private cars have become the primary mode of transport in neighborhoods in these cities. The car-oriented neighborhood urban design form posed two primary challenges in these cities: shifting user behavior from public transport to private cars, limiting neighborhood accessibility to public facilities and community services, and reducing personal activities. The discussion of the negative impact of car-oriented cities on sustainability has become increasingly critical for reducing energy consumption and air pollution, as well as for improving community public health by encouraging sustainable urban design that mitigates the harmful effects of car-oriented development. However, the lack of realistic and scientific tools to measure the efficiency of neighborhood design is still the main challenge. Therefore, this paper focuses on the car-oriented neighborhood urban design and road/street network form and evaluates the accessibility issue to reach public facilities and community services. The study developed a GIS-based tool and indicators to measure the mobility efficiency of existing car-centric neighborhood levels to adapt sustainable mobility strategies. Accordingly, they could adjust the sustainable, efficient road network to promote walking, cycling, e-scooter, and public transit services in neighborhood design concepts. This study selected six neighborhood design case studies from four cities (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, and Doha) in the Arabian cities to apply the GIS digital tool to examine mobility efficiency based on road network design for each, and developed critical neighborhood urban design and sustainable mobility strategies to adapt car-oriented neighborhoods to sustainable cities from a sustainable urban design and mobility perspective. This study would contribute to future urban and transportation planning for car-oriented Arabian cities toward realizing sustainable cities.