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and consideration of its enhancement and sustainable development plans. As part of the Saudi Vision
2030, the city has already developed a Green Riyadh Strategy with the following objectives:

1. increase vegetation coverage;
2. promote public health;

3. decrease temperatures;
4. protect against storm water and floods;

5. improve the urban environment and quality of life;
6. incentivize the community to enhance green area coverage;

7. enhance sport/leisure activities. ensuring accessibility; and
8. increase economic value and attract investment.

Through this strategy, the city hopes to provide a clear direction that its previous dispersed greening
initiatives had lacked. A comprehensive current state analysis has already been carried out as part of
the strategy, along with benchmark analysis comparing Riyadh’s current green state to that of leading
global cities. Best practices for implementation have been identified based on the experiences and
results seen by international cities, and areas of focus, opportunity and strategic enablers have been
similarly been identified. A budget amount has been allocated for each phase of the project, along
with the determination of an overall project implementation approach.

Lastly, many ITU-T Recommendations in the K series: ‘Protection against interference’ can provide
further insight into limiting and managing the effects of EMFs in the future.

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