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Figure 2. Al Waha community villa layout and view.
3.1. Assessing Livability in the Existing Case Study
The observation and the assessment during the community site visit, and the use of the CityCAD
software [6] for livability analysis showed that there are weaknesses in many livability aspects. The
major weakness is in land use diversity as the existing land use variety is very limited. The community
consists of three types of semidetached villas, playground area and a communal swimming pool, with
hard and soft landscape. There is a clear absence of many services required such as supermarket,
laundry, pharmacy, school, healthcare center and amenity facilities. The livability analysis of the
existing case study using CityCAD shows the average distance from community dwellings to some
services and facilities (Table 1).
Table 1. Assessing this existing case study services and the adopted scenarios with additional services,
namely new services.
Services
Green Spaces
Parking Spaces
Playground
Public Space &
Swimming Pool
Shops
Super market
Hot Food & Takeaway
Pharmacy
Educational Services
Metro Station
(Emirates)
Shopping Mall
(Emirates
Hospitals
New Services
Assembly & Leisure
Laundry
Restaurant & Cafe
Financial Services
Average Distance
(Existing Case Study)
30
10
50
55 Scenario One Scenario Two
30
10
50
55 30
10
50
55
1000
1000
1000
8000
8000
15000 200
200
200
200
200
15000 300
300
300
300
300
15000
15000 15000 15000
12000
Average Distance
(Existing Case Study)
8000
8000
8000
8000 12000
Scenario One 12000
Scenario Two
200
200
200
200 300
300
300
300
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