INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY FOR EGYPT: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF THE PLANNING PROCESS | ||||
| Journal of Urban Research | ||||
| Article 7, Volume 9, Issue 1, July 2012, Page 113-129 PDF (2.29 MB) | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jur.2012.94065 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Aboulfetouh Saad Shalaby | ||||
| Faculty of Urban and Regional Planning, Cairo University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Egypt has recently embarked upon preparing an ambitious national urban plan for the year 2050, with industry as one of its proposed economic bases. Yet, it is widely agreed that existing industrial zones in Egypt are not sustainable. Future industrial developments are prone to the same destiny, if the process of founding the existing industrial zones is going to control the development of future ones. In this regard, the Egyptian government has taken some steps to incorporate industrial ecology to enhance sustainable development. Presently, the question which poses itself is: to what extent have these steps considerably changed the process through which industrial zones are founded in Egypt, and what are the factors which help shape this process? An answer to this question is necessary for a real shift towards industrial ecology. This research attempts to construct a conceptual framework of the process through which eco industrial parks could be normatively developed. This framework is seen in this paper as a first step towards understanding the current process of establishing industrial zones in Egypt, and developing it, if needed. To construct this framework, this theoretical study analyses normative and empirical literature available in the field of industrial ecology, governance and sustainable development, looking for overarching governing understandings, contextual settings, and planning processes through which industrial ecology could potentially be brought to reality. A synthesis of these dispersed ideas/practices into a coherent framework constitutes the contribution of this research. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Planning process; industrial ecology; sustainable development; governance | ||||
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