Improved infrastructure in the Old Manama Suq, including more parking spaces, outdoor children’s play areas and public washrooms, could help revitalise the area, according to a recently completed study.
The study titled, ‘Analysing the Social Impacts of Urbanisation on Traditional and Contemporary Trading Environments: The Case of Bahrain’ by Noor Saleh Alalawi and Professor Dr Islam Hamdi Elghonaimy from Bahrain University’s College of Engineering, was recently published in the international peer-reviewed Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs .
