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			<title>Estidama reveals Pearl rating system – almost</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi’s green certification system gives best insight yet, into its content.]]></description>
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			<title>Abu Dhabi to relocate 100,000 labourers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Firms have two months to move labourers out of Mohammed bin Zayed City.]]></description>
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			<title>Building Al Ain</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Plan Al Ain 2030, launched in April, will guide the development of the City for the next two decades, during which time the Urban Planning Council of Abu Dhabi expects the population to double. As the first construction contracts are rolled out over the next six months, Al Ain Municipality urban planning director Talal Al Salamani tells us how it will be.]]></description>
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			<title>Al Ain 2030 offers answers, leaves questions</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Amid a flurry of official pomp and circumstance, Abu Dhabi's Urban Planning Council (UPC) launched an urban structure framework for the future of Al Ain city.]]></description>
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			<title>Examining Estidama</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Architect speaks with Saood Hamad Al Junaibi, Abu Dhabi's director of development review & urban design for the UPC.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE authorities pave way for lucrative construction contracts</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A raft of major new government-led projects was launched in Abu Dhabi and Dubai last week, bringing some relief to contractors struggling against the construction slowdown.]]></description>
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			<title>Abu Dhabi unveils capital district plans</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Details officially revealed at Cityscape exhibition for project deemed single most important in UAE. ]]></description>
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			<title>Cityscape Abu Dhabi - Bigger than ever</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Real estate event running through April 22 set to be 30% bigger, despite global economic downturn.]]></description>
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			<title>Al Ain to get rail network under new plans</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Transport scheme up and running within seven years, population to treble by 2030.]]></description>
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			<title>Give me green</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Green buildings have become the norm rather than the exception as businesses worldwide become aware of the positive environmental and societal affects of sustainable construction.]]></description>
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			<title>New parking rules for Abu Dhabi construction projects</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Urban Planning Council says adequate parking must be provided in plans for new buildings.]]></description>
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			<title>All eyes on UAE's bid to meet green challenge</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Construction leaders told that the world is watching amid poor ecological footprint.]]></description>
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			<title>Oman tourism resort wins first eco-friendly award</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Zighy Bay scoops inaugural prize for sustainability from Abu Dhabi planning chiefs.]]></description>
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			<title>Abu Dhabi sees housing problem over by 2012</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Emirate's executive bodies addressing issue of soaring rent, mull possible rent cap of 1%.]]></description>
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			<title>Community design key to Estidama, says UPC</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The release of interim community guidelines by Abu Dhabi's Urban Planning Council (UPC) once again shows how outdoor design is moving to the forefront of development.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Common values</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council's unveiling last month of its Community guidelines, the latest stage in its Estidama sustainability programme, proves once again just how much outdoor design has moved into the spotlight.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Al Ain to get urban structure framework plan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Al Ain is to get its own urban structure framework plan similar to that of Plan Abu Dhabi 2030 in the next few months, according the to Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC).]]></description>
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			<title>UPC to introduce green laws in Jan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi’s Urban Planning Council (UPC) will introduce in January 2009 its green regulations for new buildings and communities along with its own adapted-version of the Leed rating system.]]></description>
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			<title>Keep gardening!</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As you'll see in this week's Construction Week, sustainability seems to be the buzz word. ]]></description>
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			<title>Eco-friendly rules aim to transform Abu Dhabi</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=530536&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Gov't launches new initiative in effort to turn UAE's capital into green city.]]></description>
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			<title>Abu Dhabi economy could hit $179bn by 2010</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=529062&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Emirate's planning council releases report showing expansion of non-oil sector.]]></description>
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			<title>UPC unveils guidelines for Abu Dhabi national park</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Eastern Mangrove Lagoon National Park to be first of five in the capital.]]></description>
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			<title>Abu Dhabi moves forward on sustainability</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Industry experts have welcomed the Estidama sustainable design guidelines released last month by Abu Dhabi's Urban Planning Council (UPC), saying such measures are 'long overdue'.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Turning off the tap</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Irrigation is one of the biggest uses of water in the region, but also one of the biggest misuses of water, particularly at residential level.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Water works</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[     The need to reduce water consumption has never been greater. COD takes a look at how landscaping irrigation can become more efficient.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Abu Dhabi’s green building initiative</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A program for sustainable building in Abu Dhabi has been jointly launched by the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC), Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Municipality and Masdar.]]></description>
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			<title>Capital focus</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=522355&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Construction dollars are shifting from Dubai, as Abu Dhabi claims its place as the UAE's top city.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Winds of change</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[How environmental initiatives and technologies across the region are moving from rhetoric to reality.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Blazing the trail</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi unveils new sustainable building measurement tool.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Public realm key to Abu Dhabi plans, says Urban Planning Council </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[More user-friendly street design is key component in plans for the larger scale Abu   Dhabi, says executive.  ]]></description>
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