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    In pictures: All you need to know about Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan

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    In pictures: All you need to know about Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan

    Here's what Dubai is set to offer residents, citizens and visitors over the next 20 years


    Published:  August 25, 2021 15:00 Nivetha Dayanand, Web Editor

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    Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan
    In March, 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 that maps out a comprehensive future map for sustainable urban development in the city. Image Credit: Dubai Media Office
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    dubaiskyline
    The plan focuses on strengthening Dubai’s competitiveness as a global destination by providing diverse lifestyle and an array of investment opportunity for citizens, residents and visitors over the next 20 years. In other words, the plan aims to provide the highest standards of urban infrastructure and facilities. Image Credit: File photo
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    Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan
    “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,” said Sheikh Mohammed. Image Credit: Dubai Media Office
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    Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan
    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. Image Credit: Dubai Media Office
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    A view of Dubai skyline during dusk
    Some of the key priorities include improving the efficiency of resource utilisation, developing vibrant, healthy and inclusive communities, and doubling green and leisure areas as well as public parks to provide a healthy environment for residents and visitors. Image Credit: Sankha Kar/Gulf News
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    Dubai Urban Plan 2040
    It also seeks to provide sustainable means of mobility and attract foreign investments to new sectors. Other objectives include enhancing environmental sustainability, safeguarding the emirate’s cultural and urban heritage, developing a comprehensive legislation, and planning governance model. Image Credit: Dubai Media Office
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    Dubai Urban Plan 2040
    The Urban Master Plan strategic structural layout for Dubai over the next 20 years, integrating all urban development master plans in the emirate. The plan aligns with Dubai’s strategic economic priorities and the needs of the future. Image Credit: Dubai Media Office
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    Dubai Urban Plan 2040
    Easily accessible integrated service centres are to be established across Dubai to ensure that the needs of all sections of the population are catered to. The plan seeks to raise the quality of life of the city while increasing population densities around key mass transit stations. Image Credit: Dubai Media Office
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    Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan
    Under the plan, recreational spaces and areas dedicated to public parks will double in size to serve the growing number of number of residents and visitors. Nature reserves and rural natural areas will constitute 60 per cent of the emirate’s total area. Several green corridors will be established to link service areas Image Credit: Dubai Media Office
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    Dubai Skyline
    Dubai will continue to be a global hub for innovative start-ups, international corporations, and strategic investments. The Master Plan will also increase the land area allocated to education and health facilities by 25 per cent, while the length of public beaches will increase by as much as 400 per cent in 2040 to increase the quality of life for residents and visitors. Image Credit:

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