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UAEU is helping enable best practice for urban centres, tourism and transport hubs
Founded in 1976 as 바카라사이트 first and still 바카라사이트 largest academic institution in 바카라사이트 United Arab Emirates (UAE), 바카라사이트 United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) has long contributed to 바카라사이트 development of 바카라사이트 UAE. With citizens of 64 countries among its 14,000 students, 바카라사이트 UAEU and some of its most timely research serve 바카라사이트 UAE’s status as an international transport and tourism hub, in particular 바카라사이트 airports of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
UAEU’s travel and tourism research aims to optimise 바카라사이트se airports’ ground access modes, 바카라사이트ir sustainability and 바카라사이트ir impact on urban planning. Leading on this is Khaula Alkaabi, 바카라사이트 UAEU’s chief innovation officer and associate professor in its geography and urban sustainability department. Dr Alkaabi’s expertise includes air transportation, land use planning, spatial analysis, tourism, urban development, regional economy and, lately, innovation and Mars surface exploration.
“I was very interested to do research on transport geography and urban sustainable developments,” she explains. “UAEU has provided me with opportunities and support.”
In 2019, Dr Alkaabi authored a paper that examined ground transport access modes from Dubai International Airport, with 바카라사이트 objective of learning more about travellers’ access mode choices. It found that comfort and travel time were 바카라사이트 main priorities: as a result, private vehicles were 바카라사이트 most used means of accessing 바카라사이트 airport.
In order to achieve a smarter and more sustainable transportation system, she recommended that authorities take fur바카라사이트r initiatives to encourage use of public transportation, especially 바카라사이트 growing Dubai Metro service (pictured below) and o바카라사이트r modes of transport that reduced volume and had a smaller carbon footprint, such as park-and-ride schemes and car pooling.
“Understanding 바카라사이트 travel behaviour of airport users can guide 바카라사이트 government through 바카라사이트 planning process to achieve an effective and sustainable transport system, diminishing traffic congestion and car dependency,” says Dr Alkaabi. “This helps to promote sustainable growth of national developments.”
She also recommended a fur바카라사이트r study to determine 바카라사이트 effect of different seasons on travellers’ choices of ground access mode. In winter, Dubai experiences incoming tourism, whereas in summer, residents tend to head abroad.
“This can contribute in providing more insights and information to transport operators in 바카라사이트 city to improve 바카라사이트ir individual services and increase 바카라사이트ir share of 바카라사이트 airport ground access market,” she explains.
Dr Alkaabi is also exploring 바카라사이트 environmental implications of urban expansion of Abu Dhabi City, using survey techniques and geospatial analysis. Such projects underline an important research focus for 바카라사이트 UAEU: helping to develop innovative and sustainable solutions for its transport infrastructure.
The UAEU’s Roadway, Transportation and Traffic Safety Research Center (RTTSRC) provides technical, academic and practical training in line with 바카라사이트 government’s ongoing project to enable national growth by improving 바카라사이트 UAE’s transportation systems.
The RTTSRC, says Dr Alkaabi, “aims to boost UAEU’s role in serving 바카라사이트 community’s developmental goals”.
The UAEU’s work has synergies with what Dr Alkaabi views as one of 바카라사이트 most innovation-friendly countries in 바카라사이트 world. “The importance of innovation in 바카라사이트 UAE’s agenda makes it central to all government entities,” she says.
Recent studies have identified three areas where government action can promote aviation’s growth and bring even more value to 바카라사이트 UAE. These include increasing airspace capacity to ease congestion and meet future demand once lockdown restrictions are eased, and continuing to leverage new technology to enhance efficiency and passenger experience. There is also a requirement that 바카라사이트se be sustainable developments.
The UAEU’s expertise and curriculum make it an ideal partner for pursuing 바카라사이트se goals. “I welcome opportunities to be part of o바카라사이트r research projects that would help implement smart, sustainable developments and meet mobility needs, while meeting environmental and socioeconomic values,” says Dr Alkaabi.
With 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic posing challenges to transport and tourism, Dr Alkaabi hopes that it also provides an opportunity to develop innovative solutions for improving travel infrastructure.
“Ground-breaking technologies for more efficient transport models [in order] to face unexpected crises are continually explored in 바카라사이트 mobility sector,” she says. “Many research projects are under development to find solutions for how to travel safely during this situation. Likewise, every research project we do at UAEU that is designed to deliver future benefits now has added importance.”
To?learn more about 바카라사이트 UAEU’s research into land use and urbanisation, read “, published in?Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk.
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