(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC), a member of Qatar Foundation is devising a guide, 'Doha: A Rough Guide to Healthy Cities,' focusing on the importance of creating a healthy environment for its inhabitants.
Experts at the Green Infrastructure Interest Group, a subcommittee of QGBC, released an infographic preview of the guide yesterday. Due to be launched later this year, the guide will tackle the issue of the environmental health of urban areas which is becoming increasingly important to the world's population as a majority of people are shifting towards inner cities. The World Health Organisation (WHO) anticipates that by 2025, approximately 80% of global citizens will live in cities.
Qatar is currently witnessing unprecedented urban development, which have all harnessed the need to incorporate healthy living into their frameworks.
QGBC's Green Infrastructure Interest Group works in line with QF's commitment to fostering knowledge about environmental best practices and encouraging sustainable development in Qatar, on its way to achieving the objectives of Qatar National Vision 2030.
Highlighting the benefits of planning and designing a healthy city, the non-technical infographic provides design and planning professionals, senior school students and advocates of sustainable development, with interesting guidelines on how to create a healthy city. The infographic is available as a digital document on the QGBC website.
Meshal al-Shamari, QGBC director, said: "QGBC works with a number of institutions to introduce innovative concepts to raise awareness about and respond to Qatar's urban growth. The Green Infrastructure Interest Group has worked closely with Atkins, a founding member of QGBC, to design the first phase of the bigger guide."
Lee Allen, senior urban designer at Atkins, and a member of the Green Infrastructure Interest Group, said: "Doha is an ideal fit for the application of the 'healthy city' concept for a number of reasons. The fact that the development of the city is still in its initial stages allows us to incorporate the principles in the best way possible."
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