Department of Visual Arts / University of California, San Diego

Upending the Logic: Inverse Urban Heat Island Effects in Arabian Gulf Cities

by Steven Velegrinis

Most cities around the world suffer from heat islands, an outcome from the process of urbanization.

In the Arabian Gulf, however, urbanization has led to an Inverse Urban Heat Island effect. Water and

the cautious (re)use of water plays an essential albeit indirect role in this urban alchemy. Through

the lens of a landscape manifesto for a new city in the Middle East, this lecture will outline how we

can use the experience of cities such as Dubai and Singapore to address Urban Heat Island

Effects.”

Steven Velegrinis is Director of Urbanism+Planning in Aecom Middle East and Africa.

View of the pavilion of the central park (day), Al Nasserya Urban Regeneration / Central Park, Mariama Kah, American University of Sharjah, 2019, Sharjah, Image courtesy of Mariama Kah.
View of the pavilion of the central park (night), Al Nasserya Urban Regeneration / Central Park, Mariama Kah, American University of Sharjah, 2019, Sharjah, Image courtesy of Mariama Kah.
Longitudinal section through the park, Al Nasserya Urban Regeneration / Aquacare Machine Park, Akhila Girijan & Aashika Shibu, American University of Sharjah, 2019, Sharjah, Image courtesy of Akhila Girijan & Aashika Shibu.
Aerial view of the park, Al Nasserya Urban Regeneration / Aquacare Machine Park, Akhila Girijan & Aashika Shibu, American University of Sharjah, 2019, Sharjah, Image courtesy of Akhila Girijan & Aashika Shibu
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