Use these articles for the Literature Review, and I want the literature review to be 5 pages, and it will be about the impact and role of Abu Dhabi Municipality and the positive effects on Abu Dhabi City (include these articles as 13 of the 20 sources I requested for the project):
These are the articles:
1. http://www.thenational.ae/abu-dhabi-municipality-to-clamp-down-on-illegal-bachelor-accommodation
2. http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/200-abu-dhabi-buildings-demolished-since-2011
3. http://adm.gov.ae/En/News/print.aspx?News_ID=676&MenuID=62&CatID=85&mnu=Cat&div=Cat
4. http://www.halvorsonandpartners.com/cn/newssheets/iabse-presentation-2008-central-market.pdf
5. http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a333859.pdf
6. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.127.5039&rep=rep1&type=pdf
7. http://eclsun.uaeu.ac.ae/ejer/issues/v11/pdf_iss2_11/4.%20Abdellatif.pdf
8. https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/9854/
9. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wef/wefproc/2001/00002001/00000013/art00033
10. https://ead.ae/TacSoft/FileManager/Publications/reports/TERC/Inception%20%20Report%20Western%20Region.pdf
11. http://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/20226/Grosskopf_Road(2012).pdf?sequence=1
12. http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/arablq4&div=12&id=&page=
13. http://www.iccidc.ecu.edu/openconf/modules/request.php?module=oc_program&action=view.php&id=113
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These are the sectors of Abu Dhabi Municipality (this information is collected from Abu Dhabi Municipality’s website http://www.adm.gov.ae/en/home/index.aspx)
Please arrange it accordingly, while summarising and paraphrasing this information to specify the organisational chart of Abu Dhabi Municipality clearly:
Municipal Infrastructure & Asset Sector
Functions of the Municipal Infrastructure & Assets Sector:
• Ensure preparation of plans to contribute towards the development of the City of Abu Dhabi into one of the top five capitals in the world by providing quality services of the highest standard.
• Maintain service levels and operation of road networks and maintain safety levels to make sure that at least 85% of the road network in the emirate, meet the international standards set for scale service roads.
• Strike a balance between greenery and infrastructure so as to cope with an increasing population density by enhancing the rate of green area per capita.
• Preparation of programs and controls to identify and develop operations and maintenance management projects.
• Development and training of national staff in the field of design, implementation, operation and maintenance.
• Using latest scientific techniques in agriculture and irrigation to reduce operating and maintenance costs, as well as optimize water use so as to impose less pressure on the environment.
• Establish a road asset management database in order to predict the need for future services and requirements of maintenance, leading to reduced public expenditure.
The Municipal Infrastructure & Assets Sector consists of the following divisions:
1. Parks and Recreation Facilities Division
2. ******Municipal Roads and Infrastructure Division
3. Infrastructure and Services Coordination Division
Functions of the Municipal Roads and Infrastructure Division:
• Prepares the master plan and consolidated budget of roads and infrastructure projects.
• Maintains the level of local roads network to meet the highest quality levels at world-class standards.
• Ensures highest traffic safety levels for users of roads network.
• Proposes new projects to improve the performance of roads & bridges network, carries out primary studies as well as technical & economic feasibility study, and follows up development & improvement works of projects undertaken by service providers.
• Prequalifies contractors and consultants to verify their competence in carrying out various projects, and endorses the technical staff of supervisory personnel at site.
• Prepares the terms of reference in order to invite consultants to take part in the new projects, obtains the required approvals, and compiles the list of consultants to be invited.
• Reviews and audits design reports and plans submitted by consultants in the successive phases of the design (initial, primary, final) from all engineering perspectives: (traffic, materials, construction, roads, lighting, sewage, and conflicting services among others.
• Follows up with contractors and consultants at construction and maintenance phase to ensure the projects are carried in conformity with contracts, and prepares periodical reports on the projects under study, design and construction phases along with the statistics required by senior bodies.
• Manages operation and maintenance contracts of light signals and traffic systems in the city of Abu Dhabi.
• Supervises demolition works and removal of visible aspects disfiguring the general appearance.
Support Services Sector
• Developing strategies to provide the municipality with all the required services.
• Supervise the performance and quality across the sector’s multiple divisions.
1. Accounting Division
2. Human Resources Division
3. Technical Planning Division
4. Legal Affairs Division
5. Facility & Security Division
6. Procurement Division
Functions of the Procurement Division:
• Conduct tender contracting and limited procurement methods along with other municipal projects.
• Organization of procurement processes for all Municipal affairs.
• Coordination of procurement activities with the concerned division.
• Check the specifications of the purchased items.
• Gather information on items, maintain a list of suppliers and build strong relationships with them in order to seek appropriate quotations.
• Negotiating with Contractors and Suppliers after approval by the Committee.
• Analysis and study of items purchased in terms of quality, price and delivery terms in coordination with the concerned division.
• Receive all applications from various division, study the same and provide them with all the data and information regarding materials and suppliers.
• Issuance of purchase orders and contracts.
• Supervision and updating of the list of suppliers and contractors.
• Setting up the annual procurement plan.
Services provided by division:
• Supplier Registration with ADM
• Rice Distribution Cards
• Rice Purchase from ADM
• Tenders – selling disposable material
• Tenders Participation
Functions of the General Manager offices include but are not limited to:
• Directing the development of short term and long term objectives, plans, and policies.
• Ensuring the effective implementation of our vision and mission.
• Ensuring alignment of work of our Sectors with set goals, objectives, and policies.
• Monitoring our strategic and financial performance relative to the established objectives and ensuring that corrective action plans are identified and implemented where necessary.
• Ensuring proper Direction to achieve results and output from our operating budget.
• Overseeing the planning and delivery of municipal services to all citizens.
• Ensuring the proper development and maintenance of the Municipality’s infrastructure, assets, and town planning.
• Representing us in all executive level meetings at Municipal Council meetings and external departments and organizations.
• General Manager offices are as follows:
1. Investment Office
2. The Marketing and Corporate Communication Office
3. Project Management Office
4. Internal Audit Office
5. Advisors Office
6. General Manager Office
Functions of the Municipal Services Sector
• Supervise the management of land and property including registration and allocation.
• Supervise the activation of a high service level for successful community services.
• Lead the process of establishing comprehensive Service Centres, through the provision of integrated municipal government services.
• Supervise provision of services through indirect service channels.
• Supervise quality control programs in services.
The Municipal Services sector consists of the following divisions:
1. Community Services Division
2. External Service Centers Division
3. Customer Services Division
4. Lands & Real Estate Division
5. Public Health Division
Functions of the Strategic Planning and Performance Management Sector:
• To develop strategic objectives of the Municipality.
• Overseeing development of the Municipality’s five year strategic plan and detailed annual plan.
• Overseeing the formulation and development of plans and financial projections of the Municipality.
• Supervision to improve implementation mechanisms, policies and procedures, as well as Municipal Development frameworks.
• Supervision of the Municipality’s Public Relations and Communications plans.
The Strategic Planning and Performance Management sector consists of the following divisions:
1. Corporate Excellence Division
2. Financial Planning Division
3. Strategic Planning Division
4. Performance Management Division
Functions of the Town Planning Sector:
• Managing the processes, detailed planning and the division of urban uses and the issuance of policies and relevant rules.
• Manage the establishment, distribution, updating and maintenance of spatial data.
• Issuance of building permits.
• Management of paths and segments of different service lines.
The Town Planning sector consists of the following divisions:
1. Spatial Data Division
2. Urban Planning Division
3. Construction Permits Division
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These are the responsibilities of Abu Dhabi Municipality towards Abu Dhabi City:
Overall Responsibilities of Abu Dhabi Municipality (This information is collected from them directly):
(Please summarise and organise them reasonably):
• Roads
• Construction Permits
• Distributions of provisions
• Drainage
• Lighting
• City Appearance
• Maintenance
• Parks and Recreations
• Agriculture
• Animal Care Facilities
• Disposal and Garbage
• Land covered and Distribution of lands
• Land and real estate
• Land identified
Abu Dhabi Municipality Responsibilities in detail:
• Recording and documenting the territory allocated public housing after the adoption of their
• Recording and documenting residential land allocated after the adoption of their
• Recording and documenting commercial land allocated after the adoption of their
• Recording and documenting industrial land allocated after the adoption of their
• Recording and documenting public utility land allocated after the adoption of their
• Recording and documenting agricultural land allocated after the adoption of their
Land identification:
• Recording and documenting the territory of public housing
• Recording and documenting the residential land
• Recording and documenting land trade
• Registration and documentation of industrial land
• Recording and documenting public utility land
• Registration and documentation of agricultural land
Land and real estate transactions
• Record of buying and selling on the basis of the court’s ruling
• Customize the territory of temporary
• Record booking land
• decoding booking land
• Record booking owner
• Recording donations and irreversible
• decoding booking owner
• Record of estates and inheritance
• Registration of industrial land
• Record leases
• Record sales and purchases
• Mortgage Registration
• mortgage redemption
• Mortgage modification data
• change the value of the mortgage
• the integration of an angel
• Record Commandment
• withdrawal of the land
Public Services
• Certificate property
• Certificate of ownership coupon: public housing / villas / residential land – commercial – Agricultural
• Waiver of land or housing
• Complete the transaction during the transition from employee to customer site
• Order a copy of the documents, land and real estate
• Modify the name or ownership of data
• Certification scheme site
• Certificate Search
• Certificate of property valuation
Community Services
Visit sites and book community
Visit and book beach
Book parks visits
Booking venues for visits
Services community activities
Services and sports activities
Services and cultural and recreational activities
Public health
Services morgue
Setting body of the deceased for burial
The transfer of the deceased from the morgue to the cemetery
Provide guidance and supervision of the burial
Supervision of security matters in the cemetery
Certificates of veterinary activities
Health certificate for licensing veterinary clinics
Health certificate for licensing veterinary hospitals
Health certificate for veterinary pharmacy license
Health certificate for the pet trade license
Health certificate for the license trade cattle and sheep
Health certificate for the license management of slaughterhouses
Roads and infrastructure
No Objection
Letter of no objection to the establishment of a temporary ramp
Letter of no objection to the demolition of a building
Letter of no objection to the construction of a temporary fence
Letter of no objection to put the crane
The issuance of No Objection installing awnings for cars
Traffic services
Data traffic light signals and programs
Traffic engineering studies and specific
Transportation and loading
Permit the transfer of waste drilling
Permit the transfer of demolition waste to designated areas
Permit may download material from quarries dirt approved
Permits the extension of services
Permit to upgrade sidewalks
Asphalt cutting permit
The release of bank guarantees
The release of the bank guarantee for the work load earthen materials from quarries
Spatial Data
Requests for maps
Maps based planning
Base maps
Maps satellite imagery
Data requests
Data -based planning
Data base maps
Data aerial photos
Coordinates of the point within the piece
Ground control points
Public Services
Delivery corners of the earth
Preview Earth
Replacement document the coordinates of the corners
Participate in the system network stations cadastral
Building Permits
Licensing
License new apartment building on vacant land
Building a new business license on free land
License industrial building new free land
License building new facilities on vacant land
Permit the establishment of a new development project on the land of free
License procedure for adding a building under construction
Add to license an existing building
Permit an amendment to an existing building
License build a fence the land added
Permit the establishment of an umbrella within the boundaries of the coupon
Permit the establishment of an outer gate on the street
Permit the establishment of a makeshift tent within the boundaries of the coupon
Permit the establishment of a makeshift tent outside the boundaries of the coupon
Permit the establishment of car garages outside the boundaries of the coupon
Permit the installation of tower crane
Permit drilling and installation of retaining walls
License develop deep foundation
License Decor
License comprehensive maintenance of the building
Permit the establishment of temporary buildings on the territory of temporary (accredited by the Department of Urban Planning)
License to work and settle the filling
The demolition of a building license
Architectural credits
Adoption of architectural plans for the construction of a new residential
Adoption of architectural plans for the construction of a new commercial
Adoption of architectural plans for the construction of a new industrial
Adoption of architectural plans for a new facility
Adoption of architectural plans for the construction of new development
Adoption of architectural plans for amendments to the existing building
Adoption of architectural plans for amendments to the building under construction
Adoption of architectural plans to introduce in addition to the existing building
Adoption of architectural plans to introduce in addition to the building under construction
The adoption of a new structural system
The adoption of an initial development project
Structural funds
Adoption of structural plans for the construction of a new residential
Adoption of structural plans to build a new business
Adoption of structural plans to build a new industrial
Adoption of structural plans for a new facility
Adoption of structural plans to build a new development
Adoption of structural plans for amendments to the existing building
Adoption of structural plans for amendments to the building under construction
Adoption of structural plans to introduce in addition to the existing building
Adoption of structural plans to introduce in addition to the building under construction
Adoption of structural plans for ad banners
Inspection
Inspection of the temporary fences
Inspection of foundation
Inspection of the tiles
Control checking pickets
Initial inspection of the completion of the building
Technical report on the building of the architect to the owner
Public Services
Certificate temporary fence
Building completion certificate
Registration consulting firm
Contractor Registration
Data Modification consulting firm or contractor
Adoption of change consulting firm overseeing the construction project
Contractor change
To renew the license after the expiration of 6 months without direct action
Cancel the building permit request
Cancel the building permit
Submit a project plan for the purpose of study and accreditation
Report on the status of the land
Adoption of matching architectural plans for the construction of the actual
Extended hours of work at the construction site
Plans or documents from the archive
Gardens and Parks
Permits the extension of services
Permit removal of green spaces
Permit a sub- point line connecting rainwater drainage
Permit to pump groundwater
Permit transmission line irrigation or rainwater
Violations and fines
Fines to the detriment of green spaces as a result of the implementation of the construction works and other
Pay fines for damaging the green spaces as a result of road accidents
Other activities
NOC to start contract works
Review and audit and approve plans for the design of new cities
Standard Specifications for consulting firms
Issue a notice to start work
Request for approval of materials civilian / Kahromak.cah / Agricultural Projects
The release of the security deposit for drainage work Groundwater
Urban Planning
Adoption of land sites
The allocation of residential land
The allocation of commercial land
The allocation of industrial land
The allocation of land for farms
The allocation of land for development projects
The allocation of land for breaks Marine
The allocation of land for Azab
Adoption sites and service facilities
The allocation of land for facilities
Land allocation service
Temporary allocation of land
The allocation of land for mosques
Modified spaces and land data
Adoption of increasing the area of land
The division of land
Integration of land
Annexation of land boundaries
Modify the limits of land
Notification of the start of work
Notification of the start of work for road projects and maintenance
Adoption of roads
Adoption of service roads and parking
Adoption of the designs and plans of the entrances to buildings
Adoption of sidewalks residential villas
Requests for credits umbrellas
Adoption of the main focal
To extend the limits of the adoption of the initial underground parking
Adoption of the line services sub- chip based services
Adoption of the line services major area of services are supported
Query for public utility services available
The adoption of the necessary services for road projects and maintenance
Adoption of the line services outside the major services are supported
Adoption and evaluation of investment and development projects
Requirements for completion of licensing procedures
Adoption of the master planning
Amendment approved plans in advance of the new areas
Testimonies and consulting
Studies and consulting on general plans
Provide statements and recommendations
Consulting on detailed plans