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Greening the Urban Environment: An Integrated Approach to Planning Sustainable Cities—The Case of Greater Cairo

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The Importance of Greenery in Sustainable Buildings

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This chapter investigates the concept of greening the urban environment as an integrated approach to realizing sustainable urban development, mitigating the impact of rapid urbanization, and enhancing the quality of life. It examines the role of urban greenways in planning sustainable green cities and in alleviating the ills of rapid urbanization.

On the one hand, sustainable green planning seeks to maximize environmental performance in order to improve and support the natural environment while enhancing social life and economic vitality of cities. On the other hand, “greenways,” given their benefit on the health and well-being of urban populations, contribute to realizing sustainable green cities. This research thus explores the concept of greenway planning globally and in the Greater Cairo Region (GCR). A thorough analysis of prior studies aims to explore the potential of adopting the greenway concept in the Egyptian context while recognizing impediments hindering the execution of proposed schemes. Earlier research as well as statistical data from international and local organizations suggest that the GCR suffers severe lack of green open spaces despite possessing a huge potential to build a coherent network of greenways with distinct functions. The chapter concludes with suggestions to advance green planning in Egypt.

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    The GCR greenway master plan encountered several of these problems.

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  1. Urban Planning and Design, International Programs, Faculty of Urban and Regional Planning, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

    Khalid Zakaria El Adli

  2. Urban Design, Faculty of Urban and Regional Planning, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

    Noha A. Abd El Aziz

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El Adli, K.Z., Abd El Aziz, N.A. (2022). Greening the Urban Environment: An Integrated Approach to Planning Sustainable Cities—The Case of Greater Cairo. In: Sayigh, A., Trombadore, A. (eds) The Importance of Greenery in Sustainable Buildings. Innovative Renewable Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68556-0_3

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