Dr. Roudaina was very pleased to be invited last week on the 11th - 13th of November by the Royal Commission in Riyadh to participate in Riyadh Sustainable City Symposium and the subsequent expert workshop where she gave opinion on, and shared views with the Royal Commission and other invited world experts about 4 transformative projects; the Sports Boulevard, King Salman Park, Riyadh Arts and Green Riyadh. She says, it was great to visit the beautiful city which keeps developing and experimenting with innovative ideas, and she looks forward to her next visit.

Dr. Roudaina gave two interviews in English and Arabic at this occasion.

Since the lockdown, we have been experiencing a significant change in how we use our cities and the public realm. Here in the UK, our spaces have become more human with fewer cars, more cycling in the cityscape, and cleaner air. In the past few weeks, we have practically proven that we can be responsive, changing our behaviour, and contributing indirectly to the global reduction of CO2 - something which we had considered as a distant aim. During our walks, we discover new opportunities in our neighbourhoods - these have increasingly become the most crucial framework around our living, movement, and online work from home. 

As city designers, we hope that cycling and walking will remain as a means of sustainable mobility when the lockdown is over, and we raise questions about how the current pandemic situation would inform our future city design and planning and help us in making better places. Would we still reinforce the sparkling global city, or shall we favour...

Dr. Roudaina is very pleased to inform her business partners, university colleagues and community that she has been approved by UN-Habitat today as a P4CA Affiliate. She is committed to implement the SDGs and deliver climate action through responsible urban, regional and broader territorial planning through all her professional, educational and community practice.