Air Quality Management
Program Objective
Executing strategic outputs, managing air quality, predicting the state of air quality, preparing indicators for its quality and taking the suitable decision to limit its negative effects.
Responsible Agencies
● Royal commission of Riyadh city
● The General Authority for Meteorology and Environmental Protection
Participating Agencies
● The Saudi authority for industrial cities and technical areas
● King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
● The Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Wealth
● The refinery of Riyadh (Saudi ARAMCO)
● The Saudi electricity company
● Riyadh traffic management
● The Ministry of Transportation
Procedures of Program Execution
● Providing information about the levels of the air pollutants in the city through putting monitoring stations in place to observe the pollution around the clock
● Reviewing the data qualities and its accuracy (QA/QC)
● Analyzing the spread of air pollution in mathematical models to emulate the movement of the pollutants and its attachment with the pollutant resources, and also preparing the related maps
Rationalization of Energy Consumption
Program Objective
Reduce energy utilization, and, get optimal utilization of the electric energy resources to preserve the environment
Responsible Agencies
● Saudi Energy Efficiency Center
Participating Agencies
● Riyadh municipality
● Electricity and cogeneration regulatory authority
● Saudi electricity company
● The Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Wealth
● Riyadh development authority
Procedures of Program Execution
● Conduct a study about the increase of the carbon quantity in Riyadh
● Activating environmental awareness programs
● Applying thermal insulation in all buildings
Protection and Development of the Wildlife Areas
Program Objective
Rehabilitation and protection of the wildlife that is negatively impacted because of the urban developmental processes in the city.
Responsible Agencies
● The Saudi Wildlife Authority
Participating Agencies
● Royal commission of Riyadh city
● Riyadh municipality
● The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture
● Riyadh police office
Procedures of Program Execution
● Protect and provide the suitable environment to maintain the wildlife
● List the animal and botanical wildlife to make studies and detailed maps for their sites
● Regulate grazing and prevent cutting of trees in the wildlife areas
● Clean the wildlife areas which are damaged because of wastes
● Restoration of the vegetation and the afforestation in the damaged wildlife areas
Adjust the Random Activities in Riyadh and Control It
Program Objective
Set a work plan in place to remove the random activities, and to suggest alternative locations for the seasonal activities according to a regulated mechanism.
Responsible Agencies
● Riyadh municipality
Participating Agencies
● Riyadh development authority
Procedures of Program Execution
● Removing the random activities in the empty areas and around the city which include camels and sheep’s enclosures, and the camps with its random entertainment activities that spread around it and its associated activities
● Increasing the monitoring and follow-ups to eliminate this phenomenon through a continuous work program, and support the committees responsible for monitoring, irregularities and subsidiary municipality by providing the possibilities that enable it to do its works accordingly
● Regulating some of the necessary seasonal and temporary activities like the seasonal camps, locations of construction equipment standing or the temporary sale and what follow these camps from associated activities
Control Littering in Public Places
Program Objective
Eliminating littering in the gardens, parks, streets, and open areas. Also, raise the environmental awareness to maintain the city environment.
Responsible Agencies
● Riyadh municipality
● Riyadh traffic management
Participating Agencies
● All the participating agencies in the high authority for environment protection at Riyadh
● The special sector
● The volunteers
● School and universities students
Procedures of Program Execution
● Monitor littering in gardens, streets, and open areas
● Apply a cleanliness fine program where a fine is applied for throwing litter from vehicles in to the roads
● Link the eye cleanliness program to include the public gardens and parks
● Raise the people’s awareness about the disadvantages of littering and the related fines
● Include littering as a traffic violation
● Increase the eye cleanliness program members
● Maintain the natural environment, with a partnership between governmental and special sectors, the volunteers, and the students
Monitoring the Quality of Surface Water and the Soil in Riyadh
Program Objective
Making the comprehensive and periodic monitoring of the underground water, and monitoring the effects of water rise and fall on the city.
Responsible Agencies
● The high authority for Riyadh development
Participating Agencies
● The General Authority for Meteorology and Environmental Protection
Procedures of Program Execution
● Monitoring the effect of raising the underground water level and how it affects the city growth
● Monitoring and evaluating the efficiency of the implemented projects
● Studying the health effects due to the raised underground water level
● Knowing the patterns of the rise of ground water and its quality to acknowledge the needed balance of the city, and the areas that could be affected
