Redesigning Informal Beirut: Shaping the Sustainable Transformation Strategies

Lebanon is distinguished by its strategic geographical location among the Arab countries. Beirut, as capital city and major commercial cultural centre of country, a point interest for migrants. The region has witnessed many changes since end World War II, which have resulted in internal external conflicts, migrations, centralization country’s economy, etc. Furthermore, periods urbanization, destruction, reconstruction, regeneration, contributed to complex nature city’s population blurring boundaries between settlements are quite different their natures. As result, Beirut become home mixed communities societies origins extensive inflow migrants combined with economic crises appearance informal settlements. They located areas surroundings, known Greater Beirut. These face various challenges, including spatial organization, socioeconomic standing, environmental concerns. current situation (resulting from Covid-19 pandemic 4th August 2020 blast port Beirut) makes these challenges even more appalling. Some key issues discussed this article associated origin, state, prospects improving urban quality considering unplanned development underused potentials. includes an inventory speculates about best possible strategies derived three local interventions based on published reports. examples represent rehabilitation reconstruction activities cities Lebanon. can be applied specific given variety contexts there. authors’ initial intention deal scope physical improvement will lead socio-economic also include ways reinventing Beirut’s structure.