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Papers by Anas Alhowaily (Dr.-Ing.)
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs, 2023
This article explores the connection between Smart Growth and the decolonization of urban growth ... more This article explores the connection between Smart Growth and the decolonization of urban growth management in Egypt, examining the impact of former colonial influence on present urban policy and practices. Drawing insights from the urbanization of Egyptian desert areas before and after the New Urban Communities Program (NUCP), it scrutinizes how historical influences adversely affect contemporary approaches, inducing socioeconomic impacts. The primary objective is to identify the root causes of misguided urban growth management practices, arguing that mono-institutional and sectoral development is rooted in Egypt's quasi-colonial history preceding the NUCP. The research employs a comprehensive methodological approach, using descriptive qualitative methods to investigate the growth of emerging cities based on Smart Growth principles and quantitative analysis to assess population decongestion resulting from the NUCP. It evaluates the implementation of Smart Growth principles during the NUCP and pre-NUCP, offering insights into adverse management practices. Despite the NUCP's goal to alleviate congestion, only 1.6 percent of the population was decongested by 2017. The research highlights the need for a new municipally guided growth model, emphasizing indigenous and locally validated approaches. This model aims to rectify inefficiencies in current urban management practices, fostering a responsive and sustainable approach aligned with local community needs. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Publisher's Note: Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs, 2023
This article explores the connection between Smart Growth and the decolonization of urban growth ... more This article explores the connection between Smart Growth and the decolonization of urban growth management in Egypt, examining the impact of former colonial influence on present urban policy and practices. Drawing insights from the urbanization of Egyptian desert areas before and after the New Urban Communities Program (NUCP), it scrutinizes how historical influences adversely affect contemporary approaches, inducing socioeconomic impacts. The primary objective is to identify the root causes of misguided urban growth management practices, arguing that mono-institutional and sectoral development is rooted in Egypt's quasi-colonial history preceding the NUCP. The research employs a comprehensive methodological approach, using descriptive qualitative methods to investigate the growth of emerging cities based on Smart Growth principles and quantitative analysis to assess population decongestion resulting from the NUCP. It evaluates the implementation of Smart Growth principles during the NUCP and pre-NUCP, offering insights into adverse management practices. Despite the NUCP's goal to alleviate congestion, only 1.6 percent of the population was decongested by 2017. The research highlights the need for a new municipally guided growth model, emphasizing indigenous and locally validated approaches. This model aims to rectify inefficiencies in current urban management practices, fostering a responsive and sustainable approach aligned with local community needs. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Publisher's Note: Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
Policy and regulatory constraints to good land governance in Upper Egypt: The case study of Aswan–New Aswan, 2022
This research is concerned with identifying key policy and regulatory constraints to good land go... more This research is concerned with identifying key policy and regulatory constraints to good land governance in Upper Egypt. It critically examines the present capacity of land governance policies to stimulate a balanced utilization of land that tackles Egypt’s ultimate challenge, to channel population growth out of the congested Nile Valley and Delta, and to the New Urban Communities (NUCs) closely located within its desert fringes.
Arcplan, Dec 18, 2021
Over the last decade, Egypt has dedicated immense resources to swiftly maneuver the upsurge in pu... more Over the last decade, Egypt has dedicated immense resources to swiftly maneuver the upsurge in public outrage and its destabilizing pressure for change. However, the state’s relentless and determined efforts are yet to address its urban management and governance setup that continues, as a molding structure, to paralyze the inclusive production of urban growth and development. The chief aim of this article is to enrich the knowledge associated with Egypt’s de-evolution from its decentralized municipal management setup (1889-1960) into a sectoral and authoritarian setup with significant adverse impacts on the strategic spatial planning of its built environment. The method applied in this relies on data mining and a systematic literature review to investigate the evolution of urban management legislation during modern Egyptian history along with examining the associated production of urban growth. The research contributes explicit evidence that the municipal urban management setup (1889-1960), which was altered and significantly overturned by various legislations enacted in 1954, 1960, 1979, and 1981, was outstandingly more efficient in stimulating integrated and coordinated development across the Nile Valley and its desert fringes. The present sectoral and authoritarian setup will continue to have significant adverse impacts on the production and maintenance of Egypt’s built environment. For initiating good governance and smart growth, the research strongly advocates for systematic institutional reform towards decentralization through reverting to Egypt’s municipal setup and its extended spatial jurisdictions. Keywords: municipal management, strategic spatial planning, smart growth, good governance.
SSRN Electronic Journal
This paper investigates urban policy in Aswan Governorate within the scope of regional planning a... more This paper investigates urban policy in Aswan Governorate within the scope of regional planning and urban economics and focuses on the newly emerging town New Aswan in relation to the old mother city Aswan. The paper aims at deconstructing the current urban policy of urban and suburban growth towards a more comprehensive policy for alleviating urban inequality and reaching a balanced model of urban quality of life. The methods applied in this paper depends on analyzing the strategic plan of Aswan city, investigating the current models of demographic growth and transit mobility, and conducting local interviews in Aswan and New Aswan. The first two parts of this paper undertake a broad understanding of the urban policy of new towns development in Egypt and provide evidence through different literature on the ever-increasing deviations from their preset planning objectives and their present performance and outcomes. In addition, negative reflexes of new towns on their proximate mother cities are further discussed and investigated to critically highlight planning policy deficits in terms of social inequality and reduced urban resilience. The third part investigates the case study New Aswan and introduces different information on the dual growth model of Aswan-New Aswan. The final part of the paper draws attention to potential strategic decisions towards a more resilient and inclusive model of urban growth. Keywords: Urban Quality, Inequality, Aswan, New Aswan, Suburbanization, Resilience.
This research seeks out how to contribute to reforming the Egyptian policy, management, and desig... more This research seeks out how to contribute to reforming the Egyptian policy, management, and design of urban growth in desert areas for achieving Smart Growth. It investigates past and present experiences over two eras throughout the modern Egyptian history, before and after the initiation of the New Urban Communities Program (pre-NUCP and NUCP). The research undertakes a systematic literature review to the development of the institutional and legislative setup governing both eras along with investigating two representative case studies in retrospect. An inductive research approach is adopted using different research methods including, data mining, analysis of archival data, maps, local interviews, photographs, and mapping. This study contributes important evidence that the inherited State-led duality, within the institutional and economic structure of planning and managing desert developments, is associated with a record and trajectory of misguided, uncoordinated and inefficient patterns of urban growth. In an advocation for a post-NUCP era, a framework for action is recommended. It aims, first, to initiate an institutional reform to disengage from the authoritarian management and exploitation of Governorates assets by restoring municipal jurisdictions and annexation over desert areas. Second, to revert to an economic structure dominated by stock-based rather than bank-based finance to initiate sustainable growth management and development that considers de-growth. Keywords: Smart Growth, de-growth, NUCP.
Kurzfassung
In dieser Forschungsarbeit wird untersucht, wie zu einer Erneuerung von Politik, Management und der Gestaltung von urbanem Wachstum in Ägypten, insbesondere in den Wüstengebieten, beigetragen werden kann. Erforscht werden die Erfahrungen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart in zwei Abschnitten der modernen Geschichte Ägyptens, vor und nach der Einführung des Programms für Neue Städte, bezeichnet als prä-NUCP und NUCP. Die Forschung legt die Grundlage mit einer systematischen Literaturstudie über die Entwicklung der institutionellen und legislativen Rahmenbedingungen in beiden Zeitabschnitten und führt dafür zwei repräsentative Fallstudien durch. Gewählt wird ein induktives Vorgehen, das unterschiedliche methodische Ansätze kombiniert: Datenerhebung, Analyse archivierter Daten und Karten, ortsbezogene Interviews sowie fotografische und kartografische Aufnahmen. Die Studie liefert wichtige Hinweise darauf, dass Staat legitimierten Dualität in der institutionellen und ökonomischen Struktur von Planung und Management in Wüstenentwicklung auf, die verbunden ist mit umfangreicher fehlgeleiteter Entwicklung, ineffizienter und unkoordinierter Muster von städtischem Wachstum. Der Autor plädiert für eine Post-NUCP Phase und empfiehlt dafür eine Rahmensetzung für Maßnahmen. Dabei wird in erster Linie auf eine Reform der Institutionen abgezielt, um sie aus der autoritativen Leitung zu nehmen und kommunal basierte rechtliche Regelungen für die Entwicklung von Wüstenregionen zu etablieren. An zweiter Stelle folgt dann die Förderung nachhaltiger Entwicklung durch einen Wandel zu einer bestandsorientierten Finanzierung anstelle einer Banken - finanzierten Struktur. Stichworte: Smart Growth, Smartes Wachstum, NUCP.
This paper investigates urban policy in Aswan Governorate within the scope of regional planning a... more This paper investigates urban policy in Aswan Governorate within the scope of regional planning and urban economics and focuses on the newly emerging town New Aswan in relation to the old mother city Aswan. The paper aims at deconstructing the current urban policy of urban and suburban growth towards a more comprehensive policy for alleviating urban inequality and reaching a balanced model of urban quality of life. The methods applied in this paper depends on analyzing the strategic plan of Aswan city, investigating the current models of demographic growth and transit mobility, and conducting local interviews in Aswan and New Aswan.
The first two parts of this paper undertake a broad understanding of the urban policy of new towns development in Egypt and provide evidence through different literature on the ever-increasing deviations from their preset planning objectives and their present performance and outcomes. In addition, negative reflexes of new towns on their proximate mother cities are further discussed and investigated to critically highlight planning policy deficits in terms of social inequality and reduced urban resilience. The third part investigates the case study New Aswan and introduces different information on the dual growth model of Aswan-New Aswan. The final part of the paper draws attention to potential strategic decisions towards a more resilient and inclusive model of urban growth.
Keywords: Urban Quality, Inequality, Aswan, New Aswan, Suburbanization, Resilience.
Conference poster - Conference: Historic Districts for Tomorrow Cairo University, October 25th – 26th, 2015
The establishment of new towns and cities within the desert fringes of the Greater Cairo Region i... more The establishment of new towns and cities within the desert fringes of the Greater Cairo Region is considered as a decentralized approach to control urban growth and to sustain and protect the status of its central historical cores. However, GCR today witnesses a gigantic scale of urban sprawl, resulting from the longer-term of transportation patterns between and around the new and existing centers. In this research, the author unveils several key factors that led to the relative success of the earlier 20th century suburbanization model “Heliopolis” in comparison to the New Urban communities within GCR today.
Proceedings of Sustainable Mega Projects (Chance -Change-Challenge) Conference “from 3- 5 of May 2016, 2016
The development of science and technology parks is considered to have an intensive consumption of... more The development of science and technology parks is considered to have an intensive consumption of time, human and economic resources. An investigation to the evolution and development of successful science and technology parks around the world helps to determine the best key measures and policies shaping their success. The aim of this paper is to compare two practices of developing science and technology parks. The Science and Technology Park Berlin-Adlershof, one of the most successful high-tech parks in Germany that reached its cruising speed in terms of performance and turnovers. The second is Valley of Technology, Ismailia (VTI), a 21 years old project reintroduced within the new Suez Canal Area Development Project. Since the initiation of the project, the project has been criticized for its underperformance and for missing its planned completion date in 2009. The adapted methodology is to present both case studies and to analyze them comparatively in order to extract learned lessons and recommendations to optimize and enhance the development model of VTI.
This chapter investigates the potential of linking water and sanitation provision to energy savin... more This chapter investigates the potential of linking water and sanitation provision to energy saving and food security for the purpose of improving the living conditions of the residents in informal areas. It stresses on the need of new concepts, that should replace common and conventional interventions to fulfi ll basic functions to face the challenges met during the process of upgrading. The informal settlement " Zerzara " located at the heart of the city Hurghada in Egypt, is selected as case study where infrastructure provision in informal settlements is revisited. The authors propose a development process to sustain and improve the environmental, social and economic aspects in both the short and long term. The integrated Nexus approach will thus help ameliorate the quality of life, solving different problems on the macro and the micro level. Within the context of Zerzara, wastewater treatment and reuse will help to tackle the problem of scarce water resources and aridity, providing irrigation and natural soil fertilizers to reclaim the adjacent desert land. Reclaimed land will be used as a laboratory fi eld for practicing urban agriculture and livestock rearing to generate economic benefi t for the residents and reduce unemployment rate. Biogas production is investigated and turned out to be unfeasible due to the governmental subsidies on fossil fuels. On the macro level, the system will contribute to sustain food security, the reduction of energy intensity used to desalinate water for irrigation.
ملخص البحث: إن تداخل وادي النيل الخصب مع الصحراء جعل لمصر طبيعة جغرافية شديدة الخصوصية. حيث يتط... more ملخص البحث:
إن تداخل وادي النيل الخصب مع الصحراء جعل لمصر طبيعة جغرافية شديدة الخصوصية. حيث يتطلب هذا النموذج الجغرافي الفريد استراتيجيات نوعية موائمة لنمو عمراني مستدام. حيث أن وادي النيل يُولّد مناخاً شديد التميز للاقتصاد المكاني والعمراني، وخاصة لفئة محدودي الدخل، مما يجعل نقل وتفكيك الكثافة السكانية بعيدا عن مُدن الوادي يتطلب إنشاء مجتمعات عمرانية منافسة بوسائل ربط عالية الكفاءة، تستطيع أن تُقلل من تكلُفة الفرصة البديلة للانتقال السكني.
وتشهد مصر معدلا متسارعا من النمو العمراني، فقد أصبحت مدنها تكتلات عمرانية ضخمة مصحوبة بالكثير من المشاكل الاجتماعية والاقتصادية والبيئية. وضمن إقليم القاهرة الكبرى، يشهد برنامج المجتمعات العمرانية الجديدة، المستمر لأكثر من أربعين عاما حتى الان، فجوة كبيرة بين أهدافه وما تم تحقيقه على ارض الواقع. فإقليم القاهرة الكبرى يعاني من مستوى عال من الاضطراب والتدهور العمراني وانتشار البناء العشوائي وخسارة كبيرة للأراضي الزراعية.
ومما لا شك فيه، أن تعمير الصحراء هو أحد الحلول الواعدة لحل مشكلة الإسكان في الوادي الضيق شديد الكثافة السكانية، ولكن يظل التساؤل قائما عن كيفية تشكيل النموذج السليم للنمو العمراني وكيفية اعتماد ودعم السياسات الفعالة للنمو العمراني المستدام. هذا البحث هو ملخص لرسالة ماجستير تتناول خطة الدولة لبناء المدن الجديدة في الصحراء كمدخل لحل مشاكل العمران القائم. حيث يقوم الباحث بمقارنة منهجين للنمو العمراني في الصحراء المصرية، الأول لنموذج الضاحية هليوبوليس (في الفترة من 1905 الى 1961) والثاني لنموذج المجتمعات العمرانية الجديدة في إقليم القاهرة الكبرى. والسؤال الرئيسي هو: هل يعتبر "نموذج" الضاحية هليوبوليس أكثر موائمةً لأبعاد التنمية العمرانية المستدامة بالمقارنة مع المجتمعات العمرانية الجديدة بإقليم القاهرة الكبرى؟ ولقد توصل الباحث الى نتيجة إيجابية بناء على تحليل الابعاد البيئية والاقتصادية والاجتماعية الديموغرافية. وينتهي البحث بسرد مجموعة من النتائج والتوصيات العملية لإيجاد مخرج سريع من الوضع العمراني القائم.
الكلمات الدالة: التنمية المستدامة، هليوبوليس، تطور المجتمعات العمرانية الجديدة، إقليم القاهرة الكبرى، تعمير الصحراء، الانتقال السكني.
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs, 2023
This article explores the connection between Smart Growth and the decolonization of urban growth ... more This article explores the connection between Smart Growth and the decolonization of urban growth management in Egypt, examining the impact of former colonial influence on present urban policy and practices. Drawing insights from the urbanization of Egyptian desert areas before and after the New Urban Communities Program (NUCP), it scrutinizes how historical influences adversely affect contemporary approaches, inducing socioeconomic impacts. The primary objective is to identify the root causes of misguided urban growth management practices, arguing that mono-institutional and sectoral development is rooted in Egypt's quasi-colonial history preceding the NUCP. The research employs a comprehensive methodological approach, using descriptive qualitative methods to investigate the growth of emerging cities based on Smart Growth principles and quantitative analysis to assess population decongestion resulting from the NUCP. It evaluates the implementation of Smart Growth principles during the NUCP and pre-NUCP, offering insights into adverse management practices. Despite the NUCP's goal to alleviate congestion, only 1.6 percent of the population was decongested by 2017. The research highlights the need for a new municipally guided growth model, emphasizing indigenous and locally validated approaches. This model aims to rectify inefficiencies in current urban management practices, fostering a responsive and sustainable approach aligned with local community needs. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Publisher's Note: Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs, 2023
This article explores the connection between Smart Growth and the decolonization of urban growth ... more This article explores the connection between Smart Growth and the decolonization of urban growth management in Egypt, examining the impact of former colonial influence on present urban policy and practices. Drawing insights from the urbanization of Egyptian desert areas before and after the New Urban Communities Program (NUCP), it scrutinizes how historical influences adversely affect contemporary approaches, inducing socioeconomic impacts. The primary objective is to identify the root causes of misguided urban growth management practices, arguing that mono-institutional and sectoral development is rooted in Egypt's quasi-colonial history preceding the NUCP. The research employs a comprehensive methodological approach, using descriptive qualitative methods to investigate the growth of emerging cities based on Smart Growth principles and quantitative analysis to assess population decongestion resulting from the NUCP. It evaluates the implementation of Smart Growth principles during the NUCP and pre-NUCP, offering insights into adverse management practices. Despite the NUCP's goal to alleviate congestion, only 1.6 percent of the population was decongested by 2017. The research highlights the need for a new municipally guided growth model, emphasizing indigenous and locally validated approaches. This model aims to rectify inefficiencies in current urban management practices, fostering a responsive and sustainable approach aligned with local community needs. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Publisher's Note: Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
Policy and regulatory constraints to good land governance in Upper Egypt: The case study of Aswan–New Aswan, 2022
This research is concerned with identifying key policy and regulatory constraints to good land go... more This research is concerned with identifying key policy and regulatory constraints to good land governance in Upper Egypt. It critically examines the present capacity of land governance policies to stimulate a balanced utilization of land that tackles Egypt’s ultimate challenge, to channel population growth out of the congested Nile Valley and Delta, and to the New Urban Communities (NUCs) closely located within its desert fringes.
Arcplan, Dec 18, 2021
Over the last decade, Egypt has dedicated immense resources to swiftly maneuver the upsurge in pu... more Over the last decade, Egypt has dedicated immense resources to swiftly maneuver the upsurge in public outrage and its destabilizing pressure for change. However, the state’s relentless and determined efforts are yet to address its urban management and governance setup that continues, as a molding structure, to paralyze the inclusive production of urban growth and development. The chief aim of this article is to enrich the knowledge associated with Egypt’s de-evolution from its decentralized municipal management setup (1889-1960) into a sectoral and authoritarian setup with significant adverse impacts on the strategic spatial planning of its built environment. The method applied in this relies on data mining and a systematic literature review to investigate the evolution of urban management legislation during modern Egyptian history along with examining the associated production of urban growth. The research contributes explicit evidence that the municipal urban management setup (1889-1960), which was altered and significantly overturned by various legislations enacted in 1954, 1960, 1979, and 1981, was outstandingly more efficient in stimulating integrated and coordinated development across the Nile Valley and its desert fringes. The present sectoral and authoritarian setup will continue to have significant adverse impacts on the production and maintenance of Egypt’s built environment. For initiating good governance and smart growth, the research strongly advocates for systematic institutional reform towards decentralization through reverting to Egypt’s municipal setup and its extended spatial jurisdictions. Keywords: municipal management, strategic spatial planning, smart growth, good governance.
SSRN Electronic Journal
This paper investigates urban policy in Aswan Governorate within the scope of regional planning a... more This paper investigates urban policy in Aswan Governorate within the scope of regional planning and urban economics and focuses on the newly emerging town New Aswan in relation to the old mother city Aswan. The paper aims at deconstructing the current urban policy of urban and suburban growth towards a more comprehensive policy for alleviating urban inequality and reaching a balanced model of urban quality of life. The methods applied in this paper depends on analyzing the strategic plan of Aswan city, investigating the current models of demographic growth and transit mobility, and conducting local interviews in Aswan and New Aswan. The first two parts of this paper undertake a broad understanding of the urban policy of new towns development in Egypt and provide evidence through different literature on the ever-increasing deviations from their preset planning objectives and their present performance and outcomes. In addition, negative reflexes of new towns on their proximate mother cities are further discussed and investigated to critically highlight planning policy deficits in terms of social inequality and reduced urban resilience. The third part investigates the case study New Aswan and introduces different information on the dual growth model of Aswan-New Aswan. The final part of the paper draws attention to potential strategic decisions towards a more resilient and inclusive model of urban growth. Keywords: Urban Quality, Inequality, Aswan, New Aswan, Suburbanization, Resilience.
This research seeks out how to contribute to reforming the Egyptian policy, management, and desig... more This research seeks out how to contribute to reforming the Egyptian policy, management, and design of urban growth in desert areas for achieving Smart Growth. It investigates past and present experiences over two eras throughout the modern Egyptian history, before and after the initiation of the New Urban Communities Program (pre-NUCP and NUCP). The research undertakes a systematic literature review to the development of the institutional and legislative setup governing both eras along with investigating two representative case studies in retrospect. An inductive research approach is adopted using different research methods including, data mining, analysis of archival data, maps, local interviews, photographs, and mapping. This study contributes important evidence that the inherited State-led duality, within the institutional and economic structure of planning and managing desert developments, is associated with a record and trajectory of misguided, uncoordinated and inefficient patterns of urban growth. In an advocation for a post-NUCP era, a framework for action is recommended. It aims, first, to initiate an institutional reform to disengage from the authoritarian management and exploitation of Governorates assets by restoring municipal jurisdictions and annexation over desert areas. Second, to revert to an economic structure dominated by stock-based rather than bank-based finance to initiate sustainable growth management and development that considers de-growth. Keywords: Smart Growth, de-growth, NUCP.
Kurzfassung
In dieser Forschungsarbeit wird untersucht, wie zu einer Erneuerung von Politik, Management und der Gestaltung von urbanem Wachstum in Ägypten, insbesondere in den Wüstengebieten, beigetragen werden kann. Erforscht werden die Erfahrungen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart in zwei Abschnitten der modernen Geschichte Ägyptens, vor und nach der Einführung des Programms für Neue Städte, bezeichnet als prä-NUCP und NUCP. Die Forschung legt die Grundlage mit einer systematischen Literaturstudie über die Entwicklung der institutionellen und legislativen Rahmenbedingungen in beiden Zeitabschnitten und führt dafür zwei repräsentative Fallstudien durch. Gewählt wird ein induktives Vorgehen, das unterschiedliche methodische Ansätze kombiniert: Datenerhebung, Analyse archivierter Daten und Karten, ortsbezogene Interviews sowie fotografische und kartografische Aufnahmen. Die Studie liefert wichtige Hinweise darauf, dass Staat legitimierten Dualität in der institutionellen und ökonomischen Struktur von Planung und Management in Wüstenentwicklung auf, die verbunden ist mit umfangreicher fehlgeleiteter Entwicklung, ineffizienter und unkoordinierter Muster von städtischem Wachstum. Der Autor plädiert für eine Post-NUCP Phase und empfiehlt dafür eine Rahmensetzung für Maßnahmen. Dabei wird in erster Linie auf eine Reform der Institutionen abgezielt, um sie aus der autoritativen Leitung zu nehmen und kommunal basierte rechtliche Regelungen für die Entwicklung von Wüstenregionen zu etablieren. An zweiter Stelle folgt dann die Förderung nachhaltiger Entwicklung durch einen Wandel zu einer bestandsorientierten Finanzierung anstelle einer Banken - finanzierten Struktur. Stichworte: Smart Growth, Smartes Wachstum, NUCP.
This paper investigates urban policy in Aswan Governorate within the scope of regional planning a... more This paper investigates urban policy in Aswan Governorate within the scope of regional planning and urban economics and focuses on the newly emerging town New Aswan in relation to the old mother city Aswan. The paper aims at deconstructing the current urban policy of urban and suburban growth towards a more comprehensive policy for alleviating urban inequality and reaching a balanced model of urban quality of life. The methods applied in this paper depends on analyzing the strategic plan of Aswan city, investigating the current models of demographic growth and transit mobility, and conducting local interviews in Aswan and New Aswan.
The first two parts of this paper undertake a broad understanding of the urban policy of new towns development in Egypt and provide evidence through different literature on the ever-increasing deviations from their preset planning objectives and their present performance and outcomes. In addition, negative reflexes of new towns on their proximate mother cities are further discussed and investigated to critically highlight planning policy deficits in terms of social inequality and reduced urban resilience. The third part investigates the case study New Aswan and introduces different information on the dual growth model of Aswan-New Aswan. The final part of the paper draws attention to potential strategic decisions towards a more resilient and inclusive model of urban growth.
Keywords: Urban Quality, Inequality, Aswan, New Aswan, Suburbanization, Resilience.
Conference poster - Conference: Historic Districts for Tomorrow Cairo University, October 25th – 26th, 2015
The establishment of new towns and cities within the desert fringes of the Greater Cairo Region i... more The establishment of new towns and cities within the desert fringes of the Greater Cairo Region is considered as a decentralized approach to control urban growth and to sustain and protect the status of its central historical cores. However, GCR today witnesses a gigantic scale of urban sprawl, resulting from the longer-term of transportation patterns between and around the new and existing centers. In this research, the author unveils several key factors that led to the relative success of the earlier 20th century suburbanization model “Heliopolis” in comparison to the New Urban communities within GCR today.
Proceedings of Sustainable Mega Projects (Chance -Change-Challenge) Conference “from 3- 5 of May 2016, 2016
The development of science and technology parks is considered to have an intensive consumption of... more The development of science and technology parks is considered to have an intensive consumption of time, human and economic resources. An investigation to the evolution and development of successful science and technology parks around the world helps to determine the best key measures and policies shaping their success. The aim of this paper is to compare two practices of developing science and technology parks. The Science and Technology Park Berlin-Adlershof, one of the most successful high-tech parks in Germany that reached its cruising speed in terms of performance and turnovers. The second is Valley of Technology, Ismailia (VTI), a 21 years old project reintroduced within the new Suez Canal Area Development Project. Since the initiation of the project, the project has been criticized for its underperformance and for missing its planned completion date in 2009. The adapted methodology is to present both case studies and to analyze them comparatively in order to extract learned lessons and recommendations to optimize and enhance the development model of VTI.
This chapter investigates the potential of linking water and sanitation provision to energy savin... more This chapter investigates the potential of linking water and sanitation provision to energy saving and food security for the purpose of improving the living conditions of the residents in informal areas. It stresses on the need of new concepts, that should replace common and conventional interventions to fulfi ll basic functions to face the challenges met during the process of upgrading. The informal settlement " Zerzara " located at the heart of the city Hurghada in Egypt, is selected as case study where infrastructure provision in informal settlements is revisited. The authors propose a development process to sustain and improve the environmental, social and economic aspects in both the short and long term. The integrated Nexus approach will thus help ameliorate the quality of life, solving different problems on the macro and the micro level. Within the context of Zerzara, wastewater treatment and reuse will help to tackle the problem of scarce water resources and aridity, providing irrigation and natural soil fertilizers to reclaim the adjacent desert land. Reclaimed land will be used as a laboratory fi eld for practicing urban agriculture and livestock rearing to generate economic benefi t for the residents and reduce unemployment rate. Biogas production is investigated and turned out to be unfeasible due to the governmental subsidies on fossil fuels. On the macro level, the system will contribute to sustain food security, the reduction of energy intensity used to desalinate water for irrigation.
ملخص البحث: إن تداخل وادي النيل الخصب مع الصحراء جعل لمصر طبيعة جغرافية شديدة الخصوصية. حيث يتط... more ملخص البحث:
إن تداخل وادي النيل الخصب مع الصحراء جعل لمصر طبيعة جغرافية شديدة الخصوصية. حيث يتطلب هذا النموذج الجغرافي الفريد استراتيجيات نوعية موائمة لنمو عمراني مستدام. حيث أن وادي النيل يُولّد مناخاً شديد التميز للاقتصاد المكاني والعمراني، وخاصة لفئة محدودي الدخل، مما يجعل نقل وتفكيك الكثافة السكانية بعيدا عن مُدن الوادي يتطلب إنشاء مجتمعات عمرانية منافسة بوسائل ربط عالية الكفاءة، تستطيع أن تُقلل من تكلُفة الفرصة البديلة للانتقال السكني.
وتشهد مصر معدلا متسارعا من النمو العمراني، فقد أصبحت مدنها تكتلات عمرانية ضخمة مصحوبة بالكثير من المشاكل الاجتماعية والاقتصادية والبيئية. وضمن إقليم القاهرة الكبرى، يشهد برنامج المجتمعات العمرانية الجديدة، المستمر لأكثر من أربعين عاما حتى الان، فجوة كبيرة بين أهدافه وما تم تحقيقه على ارض الواقع. فإقليم القاهرة الكبرى يعاني من مستوى عال من الاضطراب والتدهور العمراني وانتشار البناء العشوائي وخسارة كبيرة للأراضي الزراعية.
ومما لا شك فيه، أن تعمير الصحراء هو أحد الحلول الواعدة لحل مشكلة الإسكان في الوادي الضيق شديد الكثافة السكانية، ولكن يظل التساؤل قائما عن كيفية تشكيل النموذج السليم للنمو العمراني وكيفية اعتماد ودعم السياسات الفعالة للنمو العمراني المستدام. هذا البحث هو ملخص لرسالة ماجستير تتناول خطة الدولة لبناء المدن الجديدة في الصحراء كمدخل لحل مشاكل العمران القائم. حيث يقوم الباحث بمقارنة منهجين للنمو العمراني في الصحراء المصرية، الأول لنموذج الضاحية هليوبوليس (في الفترة من 1905 الى 1961) والثاني لنموذج المجتمعات العمرانية الجديدة في إقليم القاهرة الكبرى. والسؤال الرئيسي هو: هل يعتبر "نموذج" الضاحية هليوبوليس أكثر موائمةً لأبعاد التنمية العمرانية المستدامة بالمقارنة مع المجتمعات العمرانية الجديدة بإقليم القاهرة الكبرى؟ ولقد توصل الباحث الى نتيجة إيجابية بناء على تحليل الابعاد البيئية والاقتصادية والاجتماعية الديموغرافية. وينتهي البحث بسرد مجموعة من النتائج والتوصيات العملية لإيجاد مخرج سريع من الوضع العمراني القائم.
الكلمات الدالة: التنمية المستدامة، هليوبوليس، تطور المجتمعات العمرانية الجديدة، إقليم القاهرة الكبرى، تعمير الصحراء، الانتقال السكني.