Sustainable development

Of Egypt’s built environment, New Cities are possibly the largest drain on the country's limited energy resources.  Since the seventies our government has been building massive cities in desert locations with the aim of diverting population growth there. However, thirty years and millions of tons of cement, steel and bitumen later, they are either vacant 'ghost towns' or inefficiently utilised. In this article we will look at some of the major inefficiencies and causes for energy concerns that New Cities bring up.

This article by Barbara Unmüßig was first published by the Great Transition Initiative online Forum. The Great Transition Initiative is an  forum of ideas and an international network for the critical exploration of concepts, strategies, and visions for a transition to a future of enriched lives, human solidarity, and a resilient biosphere. The HBS North Africa- Tunis Office decided to publish it in this section as a crontribution describing agruments on monetizing Nature debate worlwide.