The Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs, represented by the Ministry's Agency for Stimulating Housing Supply and Real Estate Development, launched the Green Suburbs Initiative as part of the Quality of Life Program, one of the programs of Saudi Vision 2030. The initiative aims to increase vegetation cover in housing program projects, improve the quality of life for residents, and increase the attractiveness of housing units in those projects. The initiative will contribute to reducing carbon emissions that cause pollution in residential areas, in line with the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030 to improve the quality of life in the cities and governorates of the Kingdom.
Planting 1.3 million trees
Through the initiative, the Ministry aims to plant more than 1.3 million trees in more than 50 projects in various regions of the Kingdom, covering more than 55 million square meters of project areas, which include 100,000 housing units and a number of schools and other facilities, in addition to planting more than 2 million square meters of streets and walkways. The initiative is scheduled to be implemented in three phases starting from this year until 2025, with the project in its first phase aiming to plant more than 270,000 local trees and shrubs of plants suitable for each region.
Improving quality of life
For his part, the Undersecretary of the Ministry for Stimulating Housing Supply and Real Estate Development, Abdulrahman bin Abdullah Al-Tawil, affirmed that the Green Suburbs Initiative aims to raise the quality of life in residential communities, build a vibrant community, improve the lifestyle of the Saudi family, contribute to increasing the attractiveness of ownership in new neighborhoods, improve the urban landscape in Saudi cities, and increase the per capita share of vegetation cover.
Al-Tawilan added that the Green Suburbs Initiative is based on a set of criteria according to the conditions and needs of the local environment, as it includes planting trees and shrubs in front of residential units, walkways and sidewalks, in addition to planting trees in various government facilities, streets and walkways in housing projects.
