THE CONVERSATION: Egypt is building a new capital city from scratch – here’s how to avoid inequality and segregation

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Egypt is the latest country to build a new capital city from scratch, with ambitions to move parliament away from Cairo as early as summer 2019. With nearly 24m people living in Greater Metropolitan Cairo, the current Egyptian capital suffers from severe congestion and overcrowding – problems which the government claims the new capital will resolve.

Period24 Sept 2018

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  • TitleEgypt is building a new capital city from scratch – here’s how to avoid inequality and segregation
    Media name/outletThe Conversation
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date24/09/18
    DescriptionEgypt is the latest country to build a new capital city from scratch, with ambitions to move parliament away from Cairo as early as summer 2019. With nearly 24m people living in Greater Metropolitan Cairo, the current Egyptian capital suffers from severe congestion and overcrowding – problems which the government claims the new capital will resolve.
    URLhttps://theconversation.com/egypt-is-building-a-new-capital-city-from-scratch-heres-how-to-avoid-inequality-and-segregation-103402
    PersonsNuno Pinto, Aya Badawy
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Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Global inequalities

Keywords

  • Egypt
  • Cairo
  • Brasillia
  • town planning
  • urban inequality