EGYPTIAN WESTERN DESERT DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR: A CRITIQUE ANALYSIS AND A PROPOSED CONCEPT | ||||
| JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences | ||||
| Article 16, Volume 39, No 5, September and October 2011, Page 1175-1194 PDF (715.77 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesaun.2011.129396 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Antar A. Abou-Korin | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Since the seventies of the last century, debate over "Development Corridor" project, proposed by famed Egyptian geologist Dr. Farouk El- Baz, is mounting. Such debate has gained more momentum since the 25th of January Revolution in Egypt and reached the extent of proposing to start the financing phase through registering the project in the stock market. However, and because of the huge investments required for this project in this crucial stage that Egypt is going through, and in the light of the fact that many of similar projects implemented in Toshka, Abu-Tatur, East Owianat, have failed to achieve their development objectives, it is necessary to deeply and thoroughly examine the nature, objectives, feasibility, and the ability to implement his huge project. This paper has two main objectives: first, is to present a subjective critique analysis for the project; second, is to find out rational answers for most of its drawbacks. In reaching its first objective, the paper presents in Part 2 a discussion of the points of agreement the paper shares with the project idea. In Part 3, the paper presents a critique analysis for the planning concept of the project regarding its idea, objectives, and components. In this regard, the research discusses the strategic impacts of the project and then examines its adherence to basic planning principles such as: rationality, balance between costs and rewards, and development priorities. Through these two parts, the paper comes to an important conclusion that the project in its current formulation does not abide to some necessary planning principles which makes it loses its rationality and feasibility for the country, especially in its delicate socio-economic and political conditions. In reaching its second objective, the paper proposes in Part 4 a modified planning concept for the project so as to overcome most of its drawbacks. | ||||
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