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This paper is a temptation toward a better understanding of commercial built environments in Cair... more This paper is a temptation toward a better understanding of commercial built environments in Cairo. This study is meant to set out in which way different types of shopping built environments affect the pattern of shopping in town centers. The paper claims that a development of this sort can be explained best through a comparative analysis. The way in which a shopping road is imposed upon a street grid and the specific manner in which this road is connected to the relevant streets decides upon the resulting pattern of shops. The paper tends to describe the physical features that define the character or image of three different commercial streets in Cairo as a whole: El Moezz street in Old Cairo, El Lakkany street in Heliopolis and El Salah Salem or Orouba street in Nasr City. The understanding of shopping built environment in Cairo includes the study of surrounding buildings, streets and walking paths. Better shopping environment policies help support and implement land use, encourag...
This study concerns pedestrians' needs fulfillment in one of the most important Boulevards in... more This study concerns pedestrians' needs fulfillment in one of the most important Boulevards in Greater Cairo, the capital and the largest city in Egypt and the eleventh biggest city in the world. This site represents heavy vehicle and pedestrian movement along one of the biggest sidewalks in Cairo, called Boulevard of Gameat Al Dowal. The study contains information -using a descriptive analytical approach- on physical characteristics of the shopping area served by the pedestrian path along the well known boulevard. Pedestrians' patterns of using the street and needs are investigated. At the end, relying on pedestrians sidewalk problems identification, a solution was introduced in order to regenerate, revitalize and improve walking conditions in this prominent public urban space. The most significant problems found were: the unevenness of sidewalks; the inadequate provision of pedestrian crossings and poor road and pavements user behavior. An urban design alternative for futur...
Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 2012
This study concerns pedestrians' needs fulfillment in one of the most important Boulevards in Gre... more This study concerns pedestrians' needs fulfillment in one of the most important Boulevards in Greater Cairo, the capital and the largest city in Egypt and the eleventh biggest city in the world. This site represents heavy vehicle and pedestrian movement along one of the biggest sidewalks in Cairo, called Boulevard of Gameat Al Dowal. The study contains information-using a descriptive analytical approach-on physical characteristics of the shopping area served by the pedestrian path along the well known boulevard. Pedestrians' patterns of using the street and needs are investigated. At the end, relying on pedestrians sidewalk problems identification, a solution was introduced in order to regenerate, revitalize and improve walking conditions in this prominent public urban space. The most significant problems found were: the unevenness of sidewalks; the inadequate provision of pedestrian crossings and poor road and pavements user behavior. An urban design alternative for future pedestrian improvement in the area of study is set according to the paper's findings, while maintaining a distinct sense of Egyptian urbanity. This shows that the town planner can use various strategies to change the traffic composition in order to achieve better environments.
This paper is a temptation toward a better understanding of commercial built environments in Cair... more This paper is a temptation toward a better understanding of commercial built environments in Cairo. This study is meant to set out in which way different types of shopping built environments affect the pattern of shopping in town centers. The paper claims that a development of this sort can be explained best through a comparative analysis. The way in which a shopping road is imposed upon a street grid and the specific manner in which this road is connected to the relevant streets decides upon the resulting pattern of shops. The paper tends to describe the physical features that define the character or image of three different commercial streets in Cairo as a whole: El Moezz street in Old Cairo, El Lakkany street in Heliopolis and El Salah Salem or Orouba street in Nasr City. The understanding of shopping built environment in Cairo includes the study of surrounding buildings, streets and walking paths. Better shopping environment policies help support and implement land use, encourag...
This study concerns pedestrians' needs fulfillment in one of the most important Boulevards in... more This study concerns pedestrians' needs fulfillment in one of the most important Boulevards in Greater Cairo, the capital and the largest city in Egypt and the eleventh biggest city in the world. This site represents heavy vehicle and pedestrian movement along one of the biggest sidewalks in Cairo, called Boulevard of Gameat Al Dowal. The study contains information -using a descriptive analytical approach- on physical characteristics of the shopping area served by the pedestrian path along the well known boulevard. Pedestrians' patterns of using the street and needs are investigated. At the end, relying on pedestrians sidewalk problems identification, a solution was introduced in order to regenerate, revitalize and improve walking conditions in this prominent public urban space. The most significant problems found were: the unevenness of sidewalks; the inadequate provision of pedestrian crossings and poor road and pavements user behavior. An urban design alternative for futur...
Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 2012
This study concerns pedestrians' needs fulfillment in one of the most important Boulevards in Gre... more This study concerns pedestrians' needs fulfillment in one of the most important Boulevards in Greater Cairo, the capital and the largest city in Egypt and the eleventh biggest city in the world. This site represents heavy vehicle and pedestrian movement along one of the biggest sidewalks in Cairo, called Boulevard of Gameat Al Dowal. The study contains information-using a descriptive analytical approach-on physical characteristics of the shopping area served by the pedestrian path along the well known boulevard. Pedestrians' patterns of using the street and needs are investigated. At the end, relying on pedestrians sidewalk problems identification, a solution was introduced in order to regenerate, revitalize and improve walking conditions in this prominent public urban space. The most significant problems found were: the unevenness of sidewalks; the inadequate provision of pedestrian crossings and poor road and pavements user behavior. An urban design alternative for future pedestrian improvement in the area of study is set according to the paper's findings, while maintaining a distinct sense of Egyptian urbanity. This shows that the town planner can use various strategies to change the traffic composition in order to achieve better environments.