2. Contents
CONTEXT – THE METROPOLITAN GROWTH PLAN
Our Vision
Master Plan Program
Growth Projections
Conceptual Metropolitan Growth Plan
AIRPORT CORRIDOR PLAN
Planning and Development Principles
Corridor + Area Plans
INTERIM RURAL RESIDENTIAL POLICY
Rural Residential Centres
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5. HM King Abdullah II’s Vision
“To achieve the optimum balance of healthy growth and quality living,
flourishing expansion and organized districts, 21st century
conveniences and traditional character, we must embark on a serious
and comprehensive project of city planning for Amman”
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6. A New Metropolitan Amman
2006: 680 sq. km.
2007: 1,680 sq. km.
Old Boundaries
New Additions
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8. Our Master Plan Program
June 2006 Feb 2007
Interim Growth Strategy
High-Density Mixed-Use Areas
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9. Our Master Plan Program
June 2006 Feb 2007 June 2007
Corridor Intensification Strategy
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10. Our Master Plan Program
June 2006 Feb 2007 June 2007 Aug 2007
Industrial Lands Policy
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11. Our Master Plan Program
June 2006 Feb 2007 June 2007 Oct 2007 Dec 2007
Airport Road
Rural Residential Policy
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12. Our Master Plan Program
June 2006 Feb 2007 June 2007 Oct 2007 Dec 2007
Metropolitan Growth Plan
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13. Our Master Plan Program
June 2006 Feb 2007 June 2007 Aug 2007 Dec 2007 Dec 2008
Sub-Area Master Plans
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17. Growth Projections
Housing Demand (by Household)
Current Housing Demand* 400,000
Total Number of Current Available Housing Units ** 500,000
Projected Number of Households in 2025 1,320,000
New Housing Units Needed by 2025 915,000 - 1,300,000
Villa ; 1.4% Dar ; 9.9%
* Projected Household size is 4.5 Apartment;
** Assuming 20% vacancy rate 88.7%
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18. Growth Projections
These investment figures will be translated into a demand for land which we
will use to plan our city’s needs in each sector.
For example, for Industrial Land use we need 3.38 dunums of land for every
1 million JDs of investment on average. Meaning that by 2025 we will need
a total of 18,336 dunums of industrial land in the city.
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19. Amman 2025: Alternative Scenarios
Urban Envelope
Prime Agricultural
Land Impacted
GAM’s Area
Preferred
Intensification +
Status Quo – Intensification +
Densification +
Expansion Only Expansion
Expansion
Density
(people/donum) 5 10 15
Urban Envelope
(sq. km.) 840 340 120
Prime Agricultural Land
Impacted (sq. km.)
474 225 96
Cost of New Road
Infrastructure (Billion JD) 3.5 1.5 1.0
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21. Metropolitan Growth Plan: Smart Growth Principles
Plan for “Complete Communities” that provide residents with a full
range of urban amenities – parks, schools, clinics, cultural centres –
as well as good accessibility to employment, shopping and
recreational facilities
Encourage compact urban growth in order to make the best use of
existing services, promote increased transit use, improve pedestrian
accessibility, and improve affordability both to GAM and and its
residents
Direct growth to both existing built-up areas – in order to make the
best use of existing services – as well as to designated new
“greenfields” areas - located close to the Urban Core
Promote mixed-use in general, and a healthy mix of residential and
employment uses in particular, in order to foster a diverse economy
and to limit commuter times
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22. Metropolitan Growth Plan: Smart Growth Principles
Promote clear distinctions between urban, suburban, and rural
communities in order to protect valuable environmental and
agricultural lands and to support traditional lifestyles and tribal
culture
Promote public transit - and develop a transportation system that
offers residents transportation choices for going shopping, going to
work, taking time off to relax or play, and getting back home again
Create a connected “Natural Heritage System” that protects and
connects important environmental features - forests, wadis,
highlands, deserts, and water aquifers - at the same time that it
accommodates a network of public walking trails throughout the City
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26. Conceptual Metropolitan Growth Plan for Greater Amman
Interim Growth Strategy
Area A Area B Area C
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27. Conceptual Metropolitan Growth Plan for Greater Amman
Corridor Intensification Strategy
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28. Conceptual Metropolitan Growth Plan for Greater Amman
Industrial Lands Policy
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29. Conceptual Metropolitan Growth Plan for Greater Amman
Airport Corridor Plan
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30. Conceptual Metropolitan Growth Plan for Greater Amman
Interim Rural Residential Policy
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32. Airport Corridor: Vision
Current Situation:
• The Amman Airport Corridor is special
• Primary Spine of the Capital Region – linking it with the National Airport
as well as the Amman Development Corridor
• Currently being completely reconstructed – with service roads on both
sides - and planned to accommodate light-rail transit
• Queen Alia Airport is also being expanded from 3 – 9 million
passengers
• The Corridor is under enormous development pressure to
accommodate new residential, recreational, exhibition, shopping
and media + entertainment facilities
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33. Airport Corridor: Vision
Our Vision:
The Airport Corridor is Amman’s Southern Gateway - providing the City’s
residents with safe and easy access to recreational areas. It is being
redeveloped as a major traffic and transit corridor that, at the same time,
will remain “green” in character; linking designated development nodes
defined by natural corridors – the lungs of the City – and creating new
open spaces that will preserve and celebrate near-urban agriculture,
conserve the Capital Region’s limited remaining forests, and complement
anticipated new urban development within the Corridor.
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34. Airport Corridor: Context
Metropolitan Context:
• The Airport Corridor will form an important part of the new
Metropolitan Growth Plan for Greater Amman
• it is the most important of a series of Metropolitan Development
Corridors that will provide primary access throughout the new Metro
Area - as well as between it and the surrounding region
• it is special because it links the City with the Airport and thus serves
as the major southern entrance to Amman
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35. Airport Corridor: Purpose
Purposes of Metropolitan Development Corridors:
• To provide connectivity between different transportation modes for
moving both people and goods
• To link places of employment with places where people live and to
provide access to a mix of metropolitan facilities
• To offer a balance of transportation choices that will reduce reliance
upon automobile movement and promote public transit
• To encourage the most financially- and environmentally-appropriate
transportation modes possible
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36. Airport Corridor: Concept Planning Principles
Planning Principles:
• To accommodate a variety of land-uses including residential,
commercial, institutional, employment and recreational uses, in
urban areas – and appropriate institutional, commercial (e.g. farm
markets), employment, and recreational uses (e.g. fairgrounds), in
rural areas
• To accommodate a variety of transportation modes including
automobile and truck traffic, public transit (light rail), and where
feasible, cycling and hiking trails
• To ensure that the Airport Corridor does not create barriers between
adjacent communities
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37. Airport Corridor: Concept Planning Principles
Planning Principles:
• To define clear edges, between urban, suburban and rural
communities in order to preserve and protect valuable agricultural
land
• To facilitate the continuity of natural heritage systems (e.g. the wadis
and hilltops) – to create a green system that runs through the entire
City - thus facilitating both human and fauna movement
• To create an appropriate image for, and entry into, Amman using
appropriate highway design, landscaping, signage, and lighting
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41. Airport Corridor: Concept Plan
8th Circle: a new mixed-use, residential /
commercial development at entrance to
Zahran Street
IGS Area C: High Density mixed-use
community on 2,190 dunums accommodating
up to 20,000 new residents to be expanded to
west side of corridor
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42. Airport Corridor:
Concept Plan
King of Bahrain Forest / Amman
National Park: one of Amman’s major
recreational and conservation centres
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43. Airport Corridor:
Concept Plan
University of Petra: a progressive
private university founded in the 1990s,
accommodating approximately 5,000
students
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44. Airport Corridor: Concept Plan
Institutional Centre: already accommodates
Zaytouneh University (70 dunums) and is
suitable for additional new regional health (a
new hospital) and educational facilities
Metro Gateway: Major new mixed-use centre
capable of accommodating regional shopping
and social facilities (Isra’ University – 7,000
students) as well as a full range of housing,
recreational and conservation features
defining the southern entrance to Amman
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46. Airport Corridor: Concept Plan
Light Rail Transit: serving the corridor and
linking it to the airport (either along side or by
the existing rail corridor)
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47. Airport Corridor: Concept Plan
Al-Jeezah: expanding rapidly to
accommodate new airport-related investment
as well as housing for airport workers
Tameer Jordan / HUDC / Al Mushatta
Developments: new industrial estates plus
16,000 related affordable housing units and
associated commercial, health and education
facilities
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49. Airport Corridor: Concept Plan
Queen Alia International Airport: Jordan’s
major airport which is currently planned for
significant expansion3 million to 9 million
passengers
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50. Airport Corridor: Concept Plan
Airport Employment / Business Centre:
new employment centre to accommodate
high-tech, global industries and businesses,
as well as media facilities
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51. Airport Corridor: Concept Plan
Rural/Agricultural Preserve: Permanent
new green space surrounding the city,
protecting some of Jordan’s best agricultural
areas as well as important cultural lands
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52. Key Map
ARAFAT
INTERSECTION 7,076 dunums
ARAFAT INTERSECTION
NA’UR
NA’UR INTERCHANGE
INTERCHANGE 10,366 dunums
AMMAN NATIONAL PARK
METRO PARK 19,488 dunums
KING BAHRAIN FOREST
SOUTH PARK 6,204 dunums
AL YADOUDA 8,826 dunums AL-YADOUDA
AL ZYTONA UNIVERSITY
MADABA ROAD
METRO GATEWAY 10,399 dunums
ADC
URBAN FRINGE 18,176 dunums
AL QASTEL
QUEEN ALIA
AIRPORT 94,427 dunums
QUEEN ALIA AIRPORT
AL JEEZAH
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53. General Area Uses 8TH CIRCLE / 7TH CIRCLE
MEDIUM DENSITY
RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE
ARAFAT WITH HIGH DENSITY AT
INTERSECTION AREA C
ARAFAT INTERSECTION
NA’UR EXISTING RESIDENTIAL NA’UR INTERCHANGE
INTERCHANGE AREA
ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
GREEN PUBLIC SPACE AMMAN NATIONAL PARK
METRO PARK FOREST PROTECTION
KING BAHRAIN FOREST
MEDIUM DENSITY
SOUTH PARK INSTITUTIONAL MIXED USE
AL YADOUDA LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AL-YADOUDA
MIXED USE AL ZYTONA UNIVERSITY
MEDIUM DENSITY
COMMERCIAL MIXED MADABA ROAD
METRO GATEWAY USE
RESERVED FOR ADC
AGRICULTURE AND LOW
DENSITY INSTITUTIONAL
URBAN FRINGE DEVELOPMENT
AL QASTEL PRESTIGE AL QASTEL
INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT
QUEEN ALIA
AIRPORT
QUEEN ALIA AIRPORT
AL JEEZA LOW
DENSITY AL JEEZAH
RESIDENTIAL /
INDUSTRIAL MIXED
USE
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93. Proposed Land Use
dunums
Residential 16294
Mixed Use 2153
Commercial 858
Institutional 94
Industrial 19843
Natural Heritage 6751
Open Space 1974
Urban 23961
Agriculture
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94. Bird’s Eye View of Existing
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95. Built Form
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96. Next Steps
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97. Next Steps
Airport Corridor Plan + Rural Growth Centres
•Public Comment Period
•Local Servicing and Transportation Plans + Staging
•Final Zoning Plans
•Development Fees
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•Metro Growth Plan – December
•Public Review and Comment Period
•Master Servicing and Transportation Plans + Staging
•Final Metro Growth Strategy
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