The three-day conference recommended giving importance to sustainable urbanization to achieve resilient and sustainable cities, and unifying concepts, terminology and standards related to decent and affordable housing. <The three-day conference recommended giving importance to sustainable urbanization to achieve resilient cities capable of resilience and sustainability, unifying concepts, terms and standards related to decent and affordable housing and creating a database for urbanization, construction and housing that takes into account the characteristics of each Arab country within the general concept of joint Arab action, calling for the development of Arab government policies to promote social and affordable housing in cooperation with the public and private sectors and civil society, through participatory work in financing decent housing, while following the policy of urbanization and smart construction to save and rationalize energy consumption Eighth Arab Housing Conference stressed the need to use smart technologies in urban transport and transportation to reduce congestion and gas emissions, and the importance of using local and environmentally friendly natural building materials to reduce construction costs on the one hand, and for its environmental and health impact on the other hand.
<He also emphasized the importance of updating data in order to face natural disasters such as earthquakes to mitigate their effects, exchange experiences and knowledge in smart city projects, in addition to the promotion of desert infrastructure and development in inner cities in Arab countries to find balance in urban development.
Main recommendations
Give importance to sustainable urbanism to achieve resilient, resilient and sustainable cities.<Standardize concepts, terminology and standards related to decent and affordable housing. <Establish a database for urbanization, construction and housing that takes into account the specificities of each Arab country. <Develop Arab government policies to promote social and affordable housing. Follow the policy of smart urbanization and construction to save energy consumption, rationalization and adaptation.
<The need to use smart technologies in urban transport and transportation to reduce congestion and greenhouse gas emissions. <The use of local, natural and environmentally friendly building materials to reduce construction costs. <Updating data to cope with natural disasters such as earthquakes to mitigate their effects. <Sharing experiences and knowledge in smart city projects. Promoting desert infrastructure and development in inner cities in Arab countries to find a balance in urbanization.
