Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Traffic congestion in AD


Traffic congestion and parking problem are serious problems in Abu Dhabi. There are too many reasons which lead to these problems.

Increasing population growth in Abu Dhabi is the main reason. Too many people get cars either new or used and as we know Abu Dhabi is an island and doesn’t easily contain all these cars. Another reason is tourism which leads to the use of more taxis. Most taxi drivers are new and don’t have enough experience so they cause traffic congestion. New construction in Abu Dhabi is also a reason for traffic congestion. There are a lot of trucks and vans working inside Abu Dhabi. The last reason to be mentioned is the summer climate. It is too hot in the UAE during the summer so people can’t walk from one place to another. They should use cars to avoid the hot weather.

We can avoid these problems by finding solutions for it. Making overpasses and underpasses is a good solution to decrease traffic jams. Construct a metro will help a lot to get rid of these problems like what happened in Dubai last year. Underground parking is another solution to avoid these problems. The last solution is to relocate government departments and colleges and move them outside Abu Dhabi Island.

In conclusion, the best solution is to use a metro. This will solve both problems, traffic congestion and parking problems. In my opinion relocating government departments and colleges is a good solution but it will cost too much. I hope that traffic congestion will disappear in the near future.

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Age of marriage

A few decades ago, many women were married between the age of 15 to 19, in Arab countries. The bar chart shows us the decline in the percentage of women aged 15 to 19 who are married.

The most dramatic features of the bar chart are the falls in the UAE, Kuwait, Libya and Tunisia. The lowest change was in Palestine over 4 decades.

The table chart shows us the age of first marriage in 14 countries. The highest age of marriage is in Kuwait, 29.6 while the lowest is in Iran, 24.4. On the other hand, the highest age of marriage for women is in Bahrain, 25.6 while the lowest is in Oman, 20.7. Iraq, Palestinian Territory and Saudi Arabia are almost the same in the age of marriage for both men and women.

The bar chart shows the percentage of women aged 15-19 who are married has fallen in all 6 Arab countries. The second graph seems to confirm this because in all countries the age of marriage for women was the early twenties, rather than the teens. In all countries men get married at the late age.

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