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23,500 residents and visitors including 2,900 employees.
(Atkins, 2004, p.14). The circular island design layout termi-

nates to the north and south on a large semi-circular cusp that
is the resorts central entertainment and service facility.

The expected population of the resort has changed overtime, but

any early concept design estimated the resident population as
approximately 26,400, mostly of G.C.C Nationals (Atkins, 2004).

The third inspiration for the Al Gharbia desert Aerotropolis de-
sign is the non-carbon producing city currently under construc-

tion in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi: Masdar City. The aim of the
city is to be one of the world’s sustainable non-carbon producing
city. (Masdar City, circa 2010) It also has been designed to be
socially sustainable as possible, for example the major means of

transport within the city is electrically powered small cars that
are driverless, and are all underground. The advantage of the
underground transport system is the reduction in pedestrian

and vehicle conflicts, including accidents. Thus Masdar City is
built on two levels, an underground transport network, and an
upper pedestrian townscape.

When combining the Durrat Al Bahrain and Masdar City model
of city design, the Al Gharbia Aerotropolis is to be physically de-
fined in the following form and structure:

 A medina comprising a population of approximately 35,000
people.

 The population comprises a combination of both Emirati’s