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This study will propose a strategic development plan for NEOM area emerged from the project launched by His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman—Crown Prince and Minister of Defense—and Chairman of the Board of Directors of NEOM, The Line project, which is a smart stripe city project that begins From the site of the King Salman Bridge in the Gulf of Aqaba in the west and extends to the east for a distance of 170 km, this proposal comes to complete the success of the project in an integrated urban form in the short and long term, in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030. This study aims to develop a strategic plan for the comprehensive spatial development of the entire NEOM area as a city for the future, in which the nucleus is The Line project for a balanced development spread over the entire region, considering the planning and environmental considerations and its potential for growth and development according to the stages and priorities of development in the area. The comprehensive strategic plan for the NEOM area includes three stages, the first of which is the development of the future vision for the NEOM area, followed by the development of the various sectoral strategies for the project, such as strategies for the environment, smart transportation, utilities, and other sectoral strategies related to the project, in which smart technical applications with artificial intelligence will be used in the project. Then the third important stage, which is the preparation of the structural plan for the entire NEOM area, is the missing study that will be clarified in this proposal. The study has adopted the case study method by reviewing the Neom area project to develop a comprehensive strategic proposal for a future city acquiring the kingdom Vision 2030.
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Aldusari, A.N. (2022). Strategic Development Plan Proposed for the Future City NEOM. In: Mohamed, M., Ibrahim, A., Fekry, M. (eds) Cities of the Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15460-7_5
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