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A HOLISTIC PROTECTING WATER ENHANCING LANDSCAPES
- Planting of native trees to
- Treating water for irrigation
DESIGN - Using and maintaining surface restore biodiversity, greening
and subsurface water sources
landscapes inside the Wadi,
efficiently
in partnership with desert
APPROACH - Restoring water quality environment experts from
the Center for Middle Eastern
through natural processes
and oxygenation Plants/ Royal Botanic Garden
- Creating continuous water Edinburgh (RBGE)
channel inside the Wadi - Creating lakes
PRESERVING ECOSYSTEMS - Building islands inside the
- Proposing planted islands to Wadi for both recreational
and ecological purposes
attract species GROWING HAIL’S - Designing the Wadi to
- Turning existing wetlands BIODIVERSITY AND become pedestrian friendly
into conservation and - Enhancing the Wadi’s edge
protected areas PROMOTING ECOTOURISM
- Turning the area into an - Proposing activities that - Upgrading existing parks
Important Bird and are in line with international along the Wadi
Biodiversity Area and local sustainable and
- Controlling the invasive reeds environmental standards such
- Reducing littering as eco-lodges, sustainable
zoo and ecological parks
- Proposing soft activities
INSTALLING GREEN such as camping and picnic
areas with low environmental
INFRASTRUCTURE impacts
IN SURROUNDING - Offering sustainable land
COMMUNITIES uses that promote ecology
- Reallocation of existing utility and the restoration of
networks outside the Wadi biodiversity such as seed
- Enhancing roads’ resiliency banks, agricultural education
in situations of flooding and centres, research centers
congestion
- Hydrological solutions that
are receptive and responsive
to the Wadi’s existing form
MARKET
AREA
COMMUNITY PROTECTED
CENTERS AGRICULTURAL
AREAS
RECREATIONAL RESEARCH &
PARKS EDUCATIONAL
SPORT PALM CENTER
AREAS GROVE
ZONE - A - URBAN AREA ZONE - B - AGRICULTURAL
AND SEMI-URBAN AREA
