New cities and community extensions in Egypt and the Middle East : visions and challenges

This book seeks to push forward the boundaries of current practices and knowledge to embrace innovative solutions, novel approaches, and grounded technologies within realistic comprehension of economic risks and environmental implications. It investigates different scales and situations, various urban forms and morphology, and various localities and totalities. The book presents a platform of recent research, findings, and answers to pressing issues of building new cities and expanding existing ones in the Middle East and Egypt, within their ecological limits, formulating images, architecture, and public spaces to create liveable, working, and productive cities. At the time of transformation, people continue to influence their habitat and beyond. While facing the compelling challenges of the present, innovative development poses itself as an inevitable response to future demands. In socio-economic disparities and environmental crises, innovation necessitates a mode of action to act responsibly in addressing issues in unconventional manners. The production of space becomes a responsibility towards the development of human resources, promoting their needs, capacities, and advancing a decent quality of life. Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii Al Alamein New City, a Sustainability Battle to Win (Sahar Attia)....Pages 1-18 Productive Urban Development: Linking Planning and Economy in Al-Alamein New City, Egypt (Bassem Fahmy, Marco Kamiya)....Pages 19-34 The Story of NEOM City: Opportunities and Challenges (Alshimaa Aboelmakarem Farag)....Pages 35-49 King Abdullah Economic City: The Growth of New Sustainable City in Saudi Arabia (Rasha A. Moussa)....Pages 51-69 Land Value Capture as a New Sustainable Financing Mechanism for Public Transit Development in New Cities: Borg El-Arab New City as a Case Study (Mostafa El-Nagdy, Asmaa Ibrahim)....Pages 71-100 Monitoring Real Estate Bubble in Egypt: New Cairo Case Study (Mohamed Said Meselhy)....Pages 101-112 Exploring the Challenges for Effective Spatial Planning in New Urban Development: The Case of Ecotourism in Egypt (Emad Kenawy, David Shaw, Taher Osman)....Pages 113-138 Decision Making Ideology: Correlation Analysis Between Informal Settlements Growth & Upgrading Policies in Egypt (Aya Elsisy, Ayman M. Ashour, Marwa A. Khalifa, Laila M. Khodeir)....Pages 139-157 So It’s Always a Chance: Community-Led Solutions to New Urban Expansion (Ahmed M. Soliman)....Pages 159-179 Reusing Lost Urban Space (Rana Sameeh, Mostafa Gabr, Sherine Aly)....Pages 181-198 Operational Risk Model Managing Urban Safety in Real State (Indjy M. Shawket)....Pages 199-216 Branding the City: Questioning Mega Malls as New Magnets of Socio-economic Vitality in New Cities Around Cairo (Mennat-Allah Elhusseiny, Karim Kesseiba)....Pages 217-235 Towards an Innovative Community: Rethinking the Urban Configuration of the University Campus Within New Cities (Mohamed Shokry Abdelaal, Doaa Abdelaal)....Pages 237-256 Approaches and Factors Affecting Healing Environment in Health Care Facilities for New Cities (Laila M. Khodeir, Tasneem Gamal)....Pages 257-273