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Egypt is characterized by an abundance of cities built along the narrow valley of the Nile River and into the delta since ancient times, accounting for nearly 90% of the total population. This has led to a need to find alternatives to urban development and expansion beyond the borders of the narrow valley. One of these alternatives is the establishment of new urban communities extending deep into the Sahara, characterized by a wide horizontal extension, highways and arterial roads, entirely vehicle-oriented as a means for movement throughout the city because of a lack of public transportation. This paper evaluates this trend by analysing one of the newly established cities outside Greater Cairo, known as New Cairo City, which requires changes to its physical structure to increase the pedestrian crossing routes because of the high number of accidents involving pedestrians crossing main roads. Using space syntax as an informative theory, the study was able to test the designed structure of the road network in new desert cities in Egypt. Furthermore, relate it to the pedestrian perspective in the city using local-scale analysis. The study concluded that there is a connectivity issue on the local/pedestrian scale. Due to the design of the road network structure, roads are acting more like barriers than connectors between the city boundaries. Furthermore, the study proposes a methodology that enables us to locate the exact spots needed to provide pedestrian accessibility over the road network. The study provides further value by discussing the impacts at the pedestrian level and the diversity of land uses in the city. |
