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Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, is undergoing a critical transition when the conventionally thought desert climate has been witnessing ‘turning-to-be-regular’ flash floods. Since 2009, the city has been repeatedly hit by flash floods that has put further adverse consequences on the properties and even resulting in death tolls. Such critical transition has made the think-tanks seriously re-think about the resilient capacity of the existing infrastructure. Although the city has been attempted to plan, develop and expand under a number of master planning regimes, the ‘emerging-recurrent’ flash flood was not critically considered in the plan making process. However, the recent MEDSTAR comprehensive strategic development initiative has brought a new hope with re-conceptualizing the planning strategies in the plan making and revision processes. Thus, this study attempts to evaluate the credibility of master plans with …