CUE+-+Cairo

Cairo, Eygpt is a city of 16 million people and is suffering from all the typical problems associated with rapid urbanisation. They used a large site and service scheme to improve the live of the residents of Cairo.

Problems: > Solutions
 * 16 million people and very densely populated[[image:cairo.jpg width="478" height="471" align="right"]]
 * Shortage of funds
 * Very narrow streets
 * Traffic congestion at peak times
 * Limited refuse collection
 * Inadequate housing stock – people living on tops of flats
 * Crumbling sewers dating from 1910
 * Air pollution
 *  Urban sprawl with the houses spreading into the desert near the pyramids

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 * Massive new ring road to reduce congestion
 * Satellite towns as part of a site and service scheme
 * Cairo metro system the first of its kind in Africa
 * Zabaleen collect rubbish through the narrow streets from both wealthy areas and squatter settlements
 * 40 new satellite towns to house 15 million people
 * New towns have schools, hospitals and modern facilities
 * New towns have shops, open spaces and mosques