All these arab/middle eastern cities seem so extremely focused on car infrastructure to a rather disturbing degree.
Not all cities, but I do understand your sentiment and it is echoed by many locally. Luckily the people in the top are aware they need to fix this. Though even if they ever did, who wants to walk when its 37C at night? Some cities have installed outdoor cooling.
Can’t they add some sort of vegetation or something and make sure it’s watered as regularly as possible? Maybe something specific to the area (besides cactuses) that can keep more shade.
Cacti aren’t indigenous to Arabia, but palm trees are. There are greening projects, and Riyadh has a relatively cool dry weather, which makes it more livable than the humid coastal cities.
![[image] Riyadh (population 7.6 million) is finally getting a metro. Initially scheduled for 2018, after successive delays it will open early this year](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/44fc2b12-0018-46c2-8cd7-ec79d11d2c85.jpeg){kind=link}
Not all cities, but I do understand your sentiment and it is echoed by many locally. Luckily the people in the top are aware they need to fix this. Though even if they ever did, who wants to walk when its 37C at night? Some cities have installed outdoor cooling.
Can’t they add some sort of vegetation or something and make sure it’s watered as regularly as possible? Maybe something specific to the area (besides cactuses) that can keep more shade.
Cacti aren’t indigenous to Arabia, but palm trees are. There are greening projects, and Riyadh has a relatively cool dry weather, which makes it more livable than the humid coastal cities.
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That’s more or less how our cities were built. Tall buildings and narrow shaded streets. https://youtu.be/kkZM3rvG1_Q
@PanArab Add some bridges and tunnels :)