Green Urban Design: A Practical Approach for Enhancing Egyptian Urban Areas | ||||
| MSA Engineering Journal | ||||
| Volume 4, Issue 1, June 2025, Page 71-86 PDF (2.1 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/msaeng.2025.444812 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Andrew Ossama Iskander   ; Hesham Mohamed El-Barmelgy ; Madonna Maher Nawar
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| Urban design department, Faculty of urban and regional planning, Cairo university, Giza, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The challenges of Egypt's urban areas require new innovative solutions to deal with their rapid growth, inefficient land use and environmental degradation. In this paper, Green Urban Design (GUD) is considered as a comprehensive framework that merges urban design with landscape architecture to promote sustainability, green infrastructure, and socio-cultural inclusivity. The Green Urban Design Approach (GUDA) integrates compact planning, sustainable mobility, and climate-adaptive strategies. It aims to create better urban environments by means of ecological, social, and spatial dimensions in a combined approach, To develop this approach, a structured methodology was adopted, consisting of three major stages: a theoretical study, an analytical study, and a practical study through assessment of Heliopolis and Al-Jasmin Neighbourhoods in Egypt, analysis and findings suggest GUDA’s capacity to increase liveability, lower environmental footprint and promote cohesive integrated green urban development as a scalable model for greener, healthier urban areas in line with global sustainability goals. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Landscape Architecture; Green urban design; Sustainability; Climate Adaptation; Urban Areas | ||||
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