Climate change is one of the most important threats facing the Mediterranean basin, and the Mediterranean coastal cities will suffer from several risks. Studies predict that these cities are threatened with drowning by 2070-2050. Intervention policies for the conservation of coastal cities are among the most important concerns for Europe and North Africa. The concept of Resilient cities is one of the recent ways to deal with natural disasters and climate change that could threaten cities in the future. The northern coastal cities are of great importance in Egyptian urbanization, Where the second capital of Egypt (Alexandria). Northern cities have about 12% of Egypt's population. These cities represent economic and social power as well as historical and humanitarian value. Despite these risks, there has been a trend towards urban expansion in the northern coastal region since the end of the last century. This paper aims at studying the impacts of climate change on Egyptian northern coastal zones and exploring the urban resilience to the effects of climate change. In this regard, the current paper discusses the concept of resilience and describes the city resilience framework. Then the research focuses on coastal cities and surveys coastal vulnerabilities to the risks of climate change. The paper addresses climate change resilience strategies by exploring various techniques applied in three international case studies. Then it surveys Egypt's coastal zones vulnerabilities to the impacts of climate change and Egyptian adaptation and mitigation attempts to climate change risks. Finally, the paper addresses challenges and opportunities of the resilience of Egyptian northern coastal zones to the impacts of climate change and suggests some recommendations.
{"title":"Coastal cities Resilience for Climate Change Case study: Egyptian North coast cities","authors":"Z. Kader, Ahmed Haron","doi":"10.21608/JUR.2020.90276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/JUR.2020.90276","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change is one of the most important threats facing the Mediterranean basin, and the Mediterranean coastal cities will suffer from several risks. Studies predict that these cities are threatened with drowning by 2070-2050. Intervention policies for the conservation of coastal cities are among the most important concerns for Europe and North Africa. The concept of Resilient cities is one of the recent ways to deal with natural disasters and climate change that could threaten cities in the future. The northern coastal cities are of great importance in Egyptian urbanization, Where the second capital of Egypt (Alexandria). Northern cities have about 12% of Egypt's population. These cities represent economic and social power as well as historical and humanitarian value. Despite these risks, there has been a trend towards urban expansion in the northern coastal region since the end of the last century. \u0000This paper aims at studying the impacts of climate change on Egyptian northern coastal zones and exploring the urban resilience to the effects of climate change. In this regard, the current paper discusses the concept of resilience and describes the city resilience framework. Then the research focuses on coastal cities and surveys coastal vulnerabilities to the risks of climate change. The paper addresses climate change resilience strategies by exploring various techniques applied in three international case studies. Then it surveys Egypt's coastal zones vulnerabilities to the impacts of climate change and Egyptian adaptation and mitigation attempts to climate change risks. Finally, the paper addresses challenges and opportunities of the resilience of Egyptian northern coastal zones to the impacts of climate change and suggests some recommendations.","PeriodicalId":39925,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Urban Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90269508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"مدخل القدرات التنموية کاساس لاختيار معايير تصنيف مجموعات المدن بالنسق العمرانى المصرى City Development Potential and Capabilities Approach as a basis for Selecting for classifying the Egyptian Urban System to Systems/Groups of Citie","authors":"Walid Bayoumi","doi":"10.21608/jur.2020.90262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/jur.2020.90262","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39925,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Urban Research","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77254768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human beings need contact with nature and the natural environment. Nature is not an optional, but absolutely essential quality of modern urban life. Biophilic city is a city full of nature in many different forms, it should consider nature at all levels, it is a place that learns from nature and emulates natural systems, incorporates natural forms and images into its buildings and cityscapes, and design and plans with nature, the experiential evidence of the truth of Biophilia, and social, psychological and other benefits from direct and indirect exposure to nature. It's important for emotional health and well-being, and human needs it for planetary health as well. It is not optional but essential. Capital Cairo is one of the newest Egyptian cities; it builds national spirit, provides for long-term sustainable growth, and aims to solve various issues faced by Egypt through a new city. This vision plan explores a set of strategies to guide growth over the next 40 to 50 years. Consequently, it must be resilient and sustainable enough to adjust to future changes and needs. This paper aims to sketch out guidelines needed to shift toward biophilic cities in the Egyptian new cities, based on Beatley’ s biophilic cities framework. Moreover, it explores how we can apply them to make the capital Cairo more biophilic, resilient, and sustainable.
{"title":"Toward Biophilic Egyptian Cities. The Case of New Administrative Capital in Egypt.","authors":"R. Nasreldin, Dalia Abdelfattah","doi":"10.21608/jur.2020.81521","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/jur.2020.81521","url":null,"abstract":"Human beings need contact with nature and the natural environment. Nature is not an optional, but absolutely essential quality of modern urban life. Biophilic city is a city full of nature in many different forms, it should consider nature at all levels, it is a place that learns from nature and emulates natural systems, incorporates natural forms and images into its buildings and cityscapes, and design and plans with nature, the experiential evidence of the truth of Biophilia, and social, psychological and other benefits from direct and indirect exposure to nature. It's important for emotional health and well-being, and human needs it for planetary health as well. It is not optional but essential. Capital Cairo is one of the newest Egyptian cities; it builds national spirit, provides for long-term sustainable growth, and aims to solve various issues faced by Egypt through a new city. This vision plan explores a set of strategies to guide growth over the next 40 to 50 years. Consequently, it must be resilient and sustainable enough to adjust to future changes and needs. This paper aims to sketch out guidelines needed to shift toward biophilic cities in the Egyptian new cities, based on Beatley’ s biophilic cities framework. Moreover, it explores how we can apply them to make the capital Cairo more biophilic, resilient, and sustainable.","PeriodicalId":39925,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Urban Research","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85749176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Water is one of the vital resources of human life. With many changes in climate and population growth, water resources have become inadequate compared to demand. Water management has become a major challenge for both government and the private sector to provide quantities of water with high quality at reasonable cost and rational rate of energy consumption. Water is a critical component of the urban system, that affects environmental and human health, and nurtures local economic development. Sustainable development revolves around how to harmonize the indicators of high water demand and good water management to ensure integrated and sustainable development. Through the use of ICT systems, cities seek to achieve a number of additional benefits in the management of the water sector, such as: Accuracy and speed in identifying problems and priorities related to the sector, ensuring that decisions and solutions are taken quickly and accurately, thus achieving continuity and sustainability in water management. The research aims to achieve the principles of smart cities by measuring some quantitative indicators on the cities of Dakahlia governorate to classify them into three levels that reflect the application of ICT in water resource management and its impact on urban development using various technological capabilities, and then propose some smart water management technologies to achieve the principles of smart cities.
{"title":"Impact of ICT on Urban Plannning and Development Management - The case of Water Resources Sector","authors":"Heba Abed elhamed, A. Marzouk","doi":"10.21608/jur.2019.86087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/jur.2019.86087","url":null,"abstract":"Water is one of the vital resources of human life. With many changes in climate and population growth, water resources have become inadequate compared to demand. Water management has become a major challenge for both government and the private sector to provide quantities of water with high quality at reasonable cost and rational rate of energy consumption. Water is a critical component of the urban system, that affects environmental and human health, and nurtures local economic development. Sustainable development revolves around how to harmonize the indicators of high water demand and good water management to ensure integrated and sustainable development. Through the use of ICT systems, cities seek to achieve a number of additional benefits in the management of the water sector, such as: Accuracy and speed in identifying problems and priorities related to the sector, ensuring that decisions and solutions are taken quickly and accurately, thus achieving continuity and sustainability in water management. The research aims to achieve the principles of smart cities by measuring some quantitative indicators on the cities of Dakahlia governorate to classify them into three levels that reflect the application of ICT in water resource management and its impact on urban development using various technological capabilities, and then propose some smart water management technologies to achieve the principles of smart cities.","PeriodicalId":39925,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Urban Research","volume":"95 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85323325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"معبد رابى سمحاه بحارة اليهود القرائين بالقاهرة، دراسة تاريخية Rab Simḥāh Synagogue in the Karaites's Jewish quarter at Cairo; Historical study","authors":"Ahmed Zakaria","doi":"10.21608/jur.2019.85993","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/jur.2019.85993","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39925,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Urban Research","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75498223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Streetscape design is not only about an attractive visual image in the city, or an interesting walking trip while feeling shaded, secured, and comfort. Streetscape design plays a vital role in connecting and accessing communities’ resources. When designed as sustainable; streets help to develop communities in terms of environmental, social, and economic aspects. In addition, sustainable streets protect and enhance the city ’s character and aesthetics. This research aims to highlight the importance of sustainability approach when designing a street whether it is a new street or a transformation of an existing one in order to be great. This paper is based on exploring the relationship between the basic principles of streetscape design and the sustainability framework comprising of its regular aspects: environmental, social, and economic. The paper highlights the intersection between the two main factors: 1. Streetscape design, 2. Sustainability framework. The research proposes a matrix through its application on an international case study to reach the final matrix. The final proposed matrix will be applied on Al-Alfy’ street in Cairo as a local case study. As conclusion the paper provides a checklist that may help developing sustainable design solutions for designing great streets.
{"title":"Towards Great Streets: Sustainable Design Solutions","authors":"Rania El Messeidy","doi":"10.21608/jur.2019.85938","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/jur.2019.85938","url":null,"abstract":"Streetscape design is not only about an attractive visual image in the city, or an interesting walking trip while feeling shaded, secured, and comfort. Streetscape design plays a vital role in connecting and accessing communities’ resources. When designed as sustainable; streets help to develop communities in terms of environmental, social, and economic aspects. In addition, sustainable streets protect and enhance the city ’s character and aesthetics. This research aims to highlight the importance of sustainability approach when designing a street whether it is a new street or a transformation of an existing one in order to be great. This paper is based on exploring the relationship between the basic principles of streetscape design and the sustainability framework comprising of its regular aspects: environmental, social, and economic. The paper highlights the intersection between the two main factors: 1. Streetscape design, 2. Sustainability framework. The research proposes a matrix through its application on an international case study to reach the final matrix. The final proposed matrix will be applied on Al-Alfy’ street in Cairo as a local case study. As conclusion the paper provides a checklist that may help developing sustainable design solutions for designing great streets.","PeriodicalId":39925,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Urban Research","volume":"362 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76415390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"الهندسة الکسورية کنمط بنائي للتصميم في العمارة Fractal Geometry as a Structural Pattern for Design in Architecture","authors":"Mona Aggour","doi":"10.21608/jur.2019.85992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/jur.2019.85992","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39925,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Urban Research","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85192995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The generality of the Egyptian cities and especially the Cairo region cities experience increasing signs of environmental stress. This stress is pronounced notably in the form of poor air quality, high density, traffic overcrowding, neighborhoods lacking basic facilities and services, increasing population and decreasing percentage of urban open green spaces. This research aims to reach for Egyptian Suitable Pocket Parks design guidelines which would help to mitigate the impacts of urban heat islands, promote the public health in the city and increase the green areas for more social interaction and user’s satisfaction that goes for a large environmental, social and economic benefits. The Study aims to answer the following two main questions: How is it possible to use pocket parks as a greenery method in a city with very limited resources to mitigate the impacts of Urban Heat Islands and promote the community’s quality of life? And what are the perfect design guidelines of pocket parks in the Egyptian case? The study implements the case study method through studying “Al Zawya Al Hamra” district which is one of the highest dense over populated districts in Cairo city.The key findings of this paper disclose a 3d model for a proposed pocket park in one of the district’s neighborhoods. Most of the interviewed residents in the action area context expressed their high satisfaction after watching the space model before and after designing the pocket park. With proper community participation through the whole design process, the proposed design framework of pocket parks in the Egyptian case was enhanced and refined.
一般的埃及城市，特别是开罗地区的城市经历着越来越多的环境压力迹象。这种压力主要表现在空气质量差、人口密度高、交通拥挤、社区缺乏基本设施和服务、人口增加和城市开放绿地比例下降。本研究旨在为埃及合适的口袋公园设计指导方针，这将有助于减轻城市热岛的影响，促进城市公共卫生，增加绿色区域，以进行更多的社会互动和用户满意度，从而获得巨大的环境，社会和经济效益。本研究旨在回答以下两个主要问题:在资源极为有限的城市，如何利用袖珍公园作为绿化方法，以减轻城市热岛的影响，提高社区的生活质素?在埃及的例子中，口袋公园的完美设计准则是什么?本研究采用案例研究法，对开罗人口密度最高的地区之一“Al Zawya Al Hamra”区进行了研究。本文的主要研究结果揭示了该地区一个社区中拟议的口袋公园的3d模型。在活动区语境中，大部分受访居民在观看了口袋公园设计前后的空间模型后，都表达了较高的满意度。通过整个设计过程中适当的社区参与，埃及案例中提出的口袋公园设计框架得到了加强和完善。
{"title":"Urban Pocket Parks Promoting Quality of Life and Mitigating UHI Impacts – A Case Study of “Al Zawya Al Hamra” District","authors":"M. Elmaghraby","doi":"10.21608/JUR.2019.85994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/JUR.2019.85994","url":null,"abstract":"The generality of the Egyptian cities and especially the Cairo region cities experience increasing signs of environmental stress. This stress is pronounced notably in the form of poor air quality, high density, traffic overcrowding, neighborhoods lacking basic facilities and services, increasing population and decreasing percentage of urban open green spaces. This research aims to reach for Egyptian Suitable Pocket Parks design guidelines which would help to mitigate the impacts of urban heat islands, promote the public health in the city and increase the green areas for more social interaction and user’s satisfaction that goes for a large environmental, social and economic benefits. The Study aims to answer the following two main questions: How is it possible to use pocket parks as a greenery method in a city with very limited resources to mitigate the impacts of Urban Heat Islands and promote the community’s quality of life? And what are the perfect design guidelines of pocket parks in the Egyptian case? The study implements the case study method through studying “Al Zawya Al Hamra” district which is one of the highest dense over populated districts in Cairo city.The key findings of this paper disclose a 3d model for a proposed pocket park in one of the district’s neighborhoods. Most of the interviewed residents in the action area context expressed their high satisfaction after watching the space model before and after designing the pocket park. With proper community participation through the whole design process, the proposed design framework of pocket parks in the Egyptian case was enhanced and refined.","PeriodicalId":39925,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Urban Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89107196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The first step of the investigation to the status of urban design at any place in the world is to identify the theoretical standards of the Urban Design Process. The paper seeks to answer the question: What are the defining elements of the Urban Design process from a theoretical perspective, which is defining the Urban design process from a theoretical and literature background, along with all the elements contributing to the process including its relationship with the urban planning process, covering the theoretical understanding to what is meant by the urban design process.
{"title":"Defining the Urban Design Process: A theoretical perspective","authors":"Ahmed Abd Elrahman, Moureen Asaad","doi":"10.21608/jur.2019.86335","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/jur.2019.86335","url":null,"abstract":"The first step of the investigation to the status of urban design at any place in the world is to identify the theoretical standards of the Urban Design Process. The paper seeks to answer the question: What are the defining elements of the Urban Design process from a theoretical perspective, which is defining the Urban design process from a theoretical and literature background, along with all the elements contributing to the process including its relationship with the urban planning process, covering the theoretical understanding to what is meant by the urban design process.","PeriodicalId":39925,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Urban Research","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85121880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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