Abstract
Amman city has gone through differentiated patterns and trends of sprawl in the last few decades. It went through disorganized developments due to reasons that vary from political, geopolitical, socio-economic and others. A threat that is existent in this perspective is the sprawl of cities and urban structures and the merging of them with no respect for the cultural and social needs of the community. Development of the city of Amman should take the shape of integrated planning that contributes to sustainable development. Taking into consideration the geographic layout of Amman and the tendencies of sprawl to overrun the green areas, the focus of the paper is directed towards the fringes of Amman and the seemingly available spaces of potential. A strategic approach for an open spaces network that allows for dynamic lifestyles in Amman is suggested. It should encompass a variety of safe and attractive spaces that are well distributed throughout neighbourhoods and accessible to the communities. Success factors of the Revierparks in the Ruhr area of Germany are researched in order to highlight potential strategic thinking in dealing with problems in Amman. Accordingly, defined magnets and anchor nodes in Amman are specified make the city more readable and accessible.
Highlights
This paper is going to discuss the prevailing problem in the disorganized sprawl Amman city has been suffering from in the last few decades
Needed levels of interventions like recreational areas stand as crucial to enable interlocks between the urban structures or the amenity areas that can orient the community further within their city. Planning of such spaces is vastly important to the community of Amman, as the city has grown according to many motivations including investment areas that are more residential and others; transportation networks, social infrastructure, amenities and open spaces were left
According to the data collected in the surveys, it is argued that social, economic, environmental and regional aspects are unnoticed in the development of public green space in Amman
Summary
This paper is going to discuss the prevailing problem in the disorganized sprawl Amman city has been suffering from in the last few decades. The paper will investigate options and strategies in containing the problem of overrunning green areas in the scene of such urban sprawl. Needed levels of interventions like recreational areas stand as crucial to enable interlocks between the urban structures or the amenity areas that can orient the community further within their city. Planning of such spaces is vastly important to the community of Amman, as the city has grown according to many motivations including investment areas that are more residential and others; transportation networks, social infrastructure, amenities and open spaces were left
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