Green infrastructure to achieve sustainability in urban design : Nile corridor in great Cairo as a case study

Abstract EN

In the last two centuries, societies have grown and the technology has developed, human activity had increased the negative effect on the critical natural systems that support life and vital to our sustainable occupation of this planet.

The present days, especially after the Arab Spring revolutions, are perhaps the best timing for the Arab region's transition towards using the concept of green design in architecture and urban planning, where countries now are need of a new developmental approach that would ensure stability on both environmental & economic levels, & focus on the efficient use of natural resources.

The emergence of a new urban strategy, that considers the infrastructure design as a green sustainable network, gives the potential of a more livable balanced with natural systems, giving us a new definition for the green spaces at the urban plan level, and it is defined as Green Infrastructure (GI).

Green infrastructure can be considered our city’s “life support system”, as it represents a new approach to city planning that aims to minimize the human development impact on functioning natural systems, the quality of life & has economic consequences.

Jurisdictions that have applied Green infrastructure in their framework, realized the multiple ecological, financial, and community benefits