TY - BOOK AU - Hisham Tarek Nadim AU - Ahmed Elkourdy , AU - Mohamed Emam , TI - Urban growth management as an approach for livable and sustainable communities / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Hisham Tarek Nadim , KW - Priority Development map KW - Smart growth , New Urbanism KW - Urban growth management N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Alazhar University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Architectural Engineering N2 - Egypt will face a serious problem in the next decades which is overpopulation . This overpopulation has already burdened the Nile valley and declined the overall quality of urbanization . Urban growth will be concentrated in urban areas . The government has invaded the hinterland and planned to construct 59 new cities since the 1970's . The first phase was to start with 20 cities , but after more than thirty years these cities failed to fulfill 15 % of their targeted population UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -