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Afghanistan Government Administrative Complex (GAC) is a component of a new district that will relocate 30 governmental offices from the city center to Dar Ul-Aman (located about 16 km southwest of Kabul city). Dar Ul-Aman is a strategic and historical area suitable for both public and governmental facilities. Many urban planning professionals and criticizes are concerned with accessibility problems to reach this complex from north, west, and east parts of Kabul city, as well as it will create environmental and aggregation issues in the future. These problems suggest that such a congested area may generate a lot of air and sound pollutions and affect underground water in the area. This study tries to explore key sustainability factors from urban planning and development perspectives to overcome the problems mentioned above. The pros and cons of this plan are analyzed, followed by some specific recommendations for the government of Afghanistan. This chapter adopts the GAC plan with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) towards or in opposition to their implementation in Afghanistan. Furthermore, this chapter compares the GAC existing plan with the Urban Design Framework for Kabul City. This study is based on the available information and real-world case study from the Ministry of Urban Development and Land (MUDL).
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Shirzad, H. et al. (2021). An Empirical Analysis of Sustainability Indicators in an Administrative Complex Design from Urban Planning Perspective. In: Danish, M.S.S., Senjyu, T., Sabory, N.R. (eds) Sustainability Outreach in Developing Countries . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7179-4_6
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