AN INSPIRED SUSTAINABLE VISION FOR 6TH OF OCTOBER NEW CITY IN EGYPT THE APPLICATION OF LAND READJUSTMENT FOR THE NEW CITY EXTENSIONS

Cities, like human begins, have the common nature of continuous change. Being called growth, deviation or expansions reflects the same sense ensuring that a city is never in a stagnant state. This was the main reason behind having the government of Egypt represented in the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development and specifically the New Urban communities Authority- prepare updated periodical strategic plans for the new Egyptian cities to feedback cities problems, potentials and constrain defining new visions and objectives within the comprehensive plan for the country. When the studies for the updated strategic plan for 6th of October city started in 2007, obvious deviations of its executive plans from the original city’s goals and objectives were noticed. These unplanned extensions resulted in random urban growth and land uses changes that lead to the lack of a comprehensive city vision and the creation of an urban environment that lacks identity and cohesiveness with a poor quality of life due to the difficulty in creating a clear hierarchy of infrastructure and services and the resulting growing social segregation. This study will explore the application of Land readjustment scheme to the southern extension areas of 6 th of October city to help manage and face the existing challenges for the application of the proposed strategic plan targeting the year 2027 and the inspired sustainable and cohesive vision for the city that would support transferring the current market driven policy in the city to an efficient functioning one. The new proposed city center and sustainable planning districts with the integrated landscape fingers in the new extensions will be further illustrated and the concluded benefits to the city by the application will be illustrated at the end of the study.