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7. Exploring the Challenges for Effective Spatial Planning in New Urban Development: The Case of Ecotourism in Egypt

Authors : Emad Kenawy, David Shaw, Taher Osman

Published in: New Cities and Community Extensions in Egypt and the Middle East

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Egypt is embarking on an ambitious National Strategy of new urban development, which includes the establishment of many new settlements. History has shown, here, as with many other developing countries, technical plans are formulated, without effective mechanisms for implementation. Instead, the plans end up gathering dust on the shelves of national agencies or local government with limited improvements on local economic or environmental well-being evident on the ground. This is attributed to the difficulties in understanding competing interests, and the lack of effective contribution of diverse stakeholders in the planning process. Current plan-making processes can be characterised by a central government monopoly in decision-making. This combined with fragmented government agencies lead to multiple, and often conflicting spatial plans for the same location. This chapter seeks to highlight such deficiencies through an exploration of recent ecotourism development proposals in Egypt. By drawing upon a critical documentary review of specific case studies, and semi-structured interviews with 56 ecotourism experts, and stakeholders, the analysis suggests that stakeholder engagement was tokenistic, with a particular central government agenda still dominant. If the aspirations of Egypt’s new urban development are to be fully realised, then more effective collaboration between stakeholders, at all levels, is crucial.

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Footnotes
1
(PS-14) A reference to the interviewee/s: the acronyms refer to the interviewee groups: EC = Experts & Consultants in ecotourism development or participatory planning, PS = An employee in the Public Sector, NG = A member of NGO boards, LC = A member of the key persons of the Local Communities; and the number refers to the serial number of the interviewee in each group.
 
2
These are governmental and non-governmental bodies who are interested in, affected or influence by ecotourism development, but are located outside the initiatives’ boundaries.
 
3
A Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis is a structured planning technique evaluating the needs or outcomes of a project or organization.
 
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Metadata
Title
Exploring the Challenges for Effective Spatial Planning in New Urban Development: The Case of Ecotourism in Egypt
Authors
Emad Kenawy
David Shaw
Taher Osman
Copyright Year
2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77875-4_7