Peri-urban dynamics and land-use planning for the Greater Cairo Region in Egypt

With the rapid rate of population growth and economic development, cities face enormous challenges that require both optimal and integrated solutions to meet the needs of growth and to protect the environment and sustainable development. These urban dynamics, which change over time, extend not only horizontally and upward, but also downward. Thus, underground space has been utilized increasingly to relieve the urban surface and to ensure the exploitation of underground resources. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the possibilities of using this space in Casablanca as part of urban land-use planning and, consequently, to suggest an integrated model of exploitation of this space that is adapted to the specificities of the study area. Thus, an analysis of the use of underground spaces in a set of European cities has been performed. The study of the characteristics of this space in Casablanca has been realized according to the levels of geology and hydrogeology and two underground infrastructure projects. This work has led to the implementation of a prototype model named “Sub-Urban Information Modeling”. The model’s objective is to gather all the data and knowledge related to the relevant underground space in an integrated platform that can be shared and updated in order to facilitate the understanding of this environment and its interaction with the surface and to ensure the rational and efficient use of its resources.

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The Impact of Transit-Oriented Development on Fast-Urbanizing Cities: Applied analytical study on Greater Cairo Region

Contemporary Urban Affairs ◽

10.25034/ijcua.2022.v6n1-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 83-95

Author(s):

Mohamed Kafrawy ◽

Sahar Attia ◽

Heba Allah Khalil

Keyword(s):

Urban Development ◽

Land Use Planning ◽

Transit Oriented Development ◽

Transportation Process ◽

Greater Cairo ◽

Development Plans ◽

Implementation Guidelines ◽

Development Paradigm ◽

The Impact ◽

Greater Cairo Region

Transportation has always been the backbone of development. Transit-oriented development (TOD) has been theorized, piloted and expanded increasingly in the past few decades. In this regard, this paper investigates the relationship between urban development, the transportation process, and the required implementation guidelines within fast-urbanizing cities, such as Cairo. After reviewing different related sustainable development theories, the study investigates pioneering case studies that have applied TOD and provided adequate implementation frameworks. The authors then extract and compare a set of required policies. The current Egyptian development paradigm is then discussed in relation to these enabling policies, focusing on Greater Cairo Region, Egypt. The authors debate previous development plans, progress, and newly proposed ones, focusing on the transportation process as the means for development. The study concludes with a set of required guidelines to ensure the integration of transportation with land-use planning, thus ensuring a more prosperous and inclusive urban development.

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Hubs as a Solution to Traffic Congestion in Central Metropolitan Areas: The case of Ramses Square in GCR

Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies ◽

10.21834/aje-bs.v3i8.283 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (8) ◽

pp. 97-107

Author(s):

Marwa A. Khalifa ◽

Mohamed A. El Fayoumi

Keyword(s):

Traffic Congestion ◽

Arab World ◽

Publishing House ◽

Capital Cities ◽

Urban Dynamics ◽

Greater Cairo ◽

International Publishing ◽

Systematic Solution ◽

Urban Issues ◽

Greater Cairo Region

Greater Cairo Region (GCR) is the largest metropolitan area on the African continent and the Arab world. It accommodates 16.1 million inhabitants representing 19% of Egypt's total population. Today, critical urban issues arise from the sheer size of the metropolis GCR and from its population density. Traffic congestion is on the top of these issues. This research focuses on the significant role that hubs (Multi Modal Platforms) can play in enhancing the GCR transportation infrastructure. Ramses square area in Cairo is selected to demonstrate a systematic solution to solve the problems resulted from the interference of multi uses activities and transportation modes in central areas of capital cities. Keyword: Greater Cairo Region (GCR); Hubs; Urban Dynamics; Transportation eISSN 2514-751X © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. https://doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v3i8.283

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