I was at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) event in Abu Dhabi last week, speaking at the Cities forum about happiness and nature in cities. There was lots of interest and engagement on the topic of the benefits of nature in the urban context, which was fantastic! Two simple messages from me: 1. It’s […]
The obsession with green in cities could be better managed if the binary of desert versus green could be broken. Doherty, 2017, p. 147 Three years ago, I posted about a need for a more sustainable approach to landscaping, particularly green spaces, in the GCC. Since then, the provision of urban green spaces has gained
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I had the pleasure of attending the MESL conference this week. There was one message which came across loud and clear: we need to do better, particularly in the Middle East, when it comes to designing landscapes with place in mind. As Dr. James Hitchmough bluntly put it, landscapes in the Middle East are being designed based
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