Scitec TV documents the research project sponsored by the Research Council Oman "Towards Sustainable Patterns of Urbanisation in Oman" conducted by the German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) and Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), featuring Prof. Aurel von Richthofen and research assistant Haitham Al Busafi as well as GUtech students. The team of Scitec TV follows the researchers through the suburbs of Muscat Capital Area to the neighborhoods of Fanja and Al Khoudh, where 4 phases of urbanisation from 1970 to present can be traced. (click on the CC button to show the subtitles)