A Workingmen City in Cairo, Egypt
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Date
1948-06
Authors
Sidky, Aziz
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University of Oregon
Abstract
A city serves different functions, but the common
function that is found needed in every city is to offer safe,
efficient and comfortable shelters and homes for its inhabitants,
There is no doubt that this objective has been scarcely
reached, and that was the result of improper planning. The main objective of this study is to make a research
of this problem through studying the city as a whole, and
finding out how a proper solution can be identified.
This study is the basis that is going to be taken into
consideration in the development of a program for a
"Workingmen City" to be designed in Cairo, Egypt, This city
will be a residential city for the workers in the factories
in Cairo, It will be a city of 6000 units, and the necessary
services. The choice of the site and the development of
the requirements and the program will be an application of
the conclusions and ideas that will be reached through this
study.
There is one point that should be noticed, that cities
are for the people, so the satisfaction of their needs is
what we should plan for. This necessitates the study of the
individuals for whom we are planning and through finding out
what they should have, an efficient and successful planning
can be reached.
In this respect all the factors that are influencing
the individuals for whom we are planning should be studied.
The social, religious, climatic, financial, traditional and
even historic conditions are to be considered, and only by
this way can we ever be able to know what we ought to do.
Description
69 pages
Keywords
land use, Detroit Eastside