FOREWORD

The ex Tensive pl ans and policies developed between 2007 and 2012 for Abu Dhabi were a successful response to four questions facing international consultants working in rapidly transforming societies:• Does their work address today's concerns by making decisions based on the local culture, climate, and landscape, including energy conservation, public space design, and management?• Does the plan ofer an integrated mix of activities and diverse transportation alternatives, or does it rely on hundred-year-old concepts for highways, towers, and separated land-use zones, a template still being followed in many places?• Has their work been adopted ofcially and its frst phases implemented?