MENA_HOPE

Housing, People and Environment (HOPE) is a platform to promote a people-centered development approach in planning and urban design. It focuses on open public spaces to improve quality of life and well-being and examines their interplay with the urban environment. Launched on 30 January 2023 under the auspices of HH Sayyed Bilarab bin Haitham Al Said, HOPE seeks to nurture dialogue between scholars, planners and decision-makers with civil society and industry in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda beginning in Oman.