Successful Urban Design Principles for the Redevelopment of the Historic Seafronts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, along the North Red Sea , Case Study: Yanbu Al-Bahr’s Historic Seafront

摘要

This thesis highlights the role of urban planners in the revitalization of historicseafronts as creative and attractive places for people and a key factor in theregeneration of the urban economy in the historic seafront areas. The Saudi Arabiahistoric seafront areas along the North Red Sea have been neglected and are sufferingbecause of slow development and changes to industrial uses. This thesis will focus onthe urban design principles that make historic seafronts more attractive andsuccessful, and will use a case study approach of several American waterfront citiessuch as Baltimore, Maryland; San Francisco, California; and Charleston, SouthCarolina. These American cities and the urban design principles applied for theirsuccessful revitalization were selected for analysis because of their similarities withthe Yanbu Al-Bahru27s historic seafront. The results of this analysis will enable plannersto apply the best of these urban waterfront design models to assist in the revitalizationof historic seafronts along the North Red Sea in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).