Sheikh Mohammed launches Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan

Sheikh Mohammed launches Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan

About 60 per cent of the Emirate will be nature reserves, Sheikh Mohammed announced.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, launched the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan on Saturday.

Aligned with the UAE’s vision for the next 50 years, the Plan is focused on enhancing people’s happiness and quality of life.

The people-centric Plan focuses on reinforcing Dubai’s competitiveness as a global destination by providing a wide diversity of lifestyle and investment opportunities for citizens, residents and visitors over the next 20 years. Designed to realise His Highness’s vision to make Dubai the city with the world’s best quality of life, the plan aims to provide the highest standards of urban infrastructure and facilities.

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Sheikh Mohammed tweeted, “We have adopted the new urban plan of Dubai until the year 2040. Our goal is for Dubai to be the best city for life in the world.”

About 60 per cent of the Emirate will be nature reserves, Sheikh Mohammed announced.

Sheikh Mohammed said the visionary development journey started by the late Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum in the sixties continues to guide Dubai’s evolution into a city that promotes the greatest human values and possibilities and an environment where people from around the world can thrive.

Our strategic development plans are focused on creating the best possible environment and infrastructure to enhance the community’s happiness and wellbeing and support the fulfilment of the greatest human aspirations for both our citizens and people from around the world. Drawing inspiration from global best practices and adapting them to local needs and requirements, we have created a development model that offers the best possible quality of life and creates the conditions for sustainable prosperity. Our goal is to create a truly inclusive environment that not only meets the needs of Dubai’s diverse population, but also inspires them to tap into their creative and innovative capacities and realise their true potential.
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The goal of the new Dubai urban plan is to plan life in Dubai over the next 20 years to provide a quality of life for the population that is the best and finest in the world.

"By constantly striving to raise benchmarks and implementing diligent strategic planning, we have joined the ranks of the world’s leaders in various spheres and sectors. With a clear vision and a deep understanding of what it takes to succeed in an evolving global environment, we continue to work to shape an even greater future rich with opportunities," Sheikh Mohammed added.

"Important goals of the plan, foremost of which are strengthening citizens' attachment to old neighbourhoods, ensuring optimal employment of resources, especially land, providing better housing options, increasing green spaces, supporting new economic sectors, while stimulating investment, entrepreneurship, and expanding sustainable mobility solutions," Sheikh Hamdan tweeted.

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The launch of the Plan was attended by Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai; Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group; Sheikh Ahmed Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Media Council; members of the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan Higher Committee, and leaders from Dubai government.

The new Master Plan is the seventh such plan developed for the emirate since 1960. Between 1960 and 2020, the population of Dubai has multiplied 80 times from 40,000 in 1960 to 3.3 million by the end of 2020 and increased in cultural diversity to include people from over 200 nationalities. The urban and built area of the emirate increased 170-fold from 3.2 square km in the same period.

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