new towns program of Egypt

E265902

The new towns program of Egypt is a government-led urban development initiative aimed at creating planned cities across the country to alleviate congestion in existing urban centers and support population and economic growth.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government program
urban development program
country Egypt
economicPolicyRole job creation
regional development
focusesOn desert urbanization
new towns
satellite cities
geographicScope Eastern Desert of Egypt
surface form: Eastern Desert

Nile Delta
Nile Valley
North Coast of Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
surface form: Suez Canal region

Western Desert
goal alleviate congestion in existing urban centers
create planned cities across Egypt
support economic growth
support population growth
implementedBy Egyptian government
surface form: Government of Egypt

Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities of Egypt
surface form: Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities

New Urban Communities Authority
includesCity 10th of Ramadan City
6th of October City
Badr City
Egyptian new administrative capital project
surface form: New Administrative Capital of Egypt

New Alamein City
Assiut
surface form: New Assiut

Beni Suef city
surface form: New Beni Suef

Borg El Arab
surface form: New Borg El Arab

New Cairo
New Damietta
New Fayoum
New Minya
Sohag
surface form: New Sohag

New Tiba
Obour City
Sadat City
Shorouk City
legalFramework New Urban Communities Law No. 59 of 1979
planningApproach state-led urban planning
policyType spatial planning policy
urban expansion policy
populationPolicyRole redistribution of population
startPeriod late 1970s
strategy create new industrial and economic hubs
deconcentrate population from Nile Valley and Delta
develop new urban communities in desert areas
targetSector housing
industry
infrastructure
services
urbanForm planned city model

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Cairo partOf new towns program of Egypt
Shorouk City nationalContext new towns program of Egypt
this entity surface form: Egyptian new urban communities program