This document discusses the concept of green infrastructure, emphasizing its role in improving urban ecosystems in Cairo through natural systems that provide various benefits, such as flood prevention, air quality enhancement, and biodiversity conservation. It explores different green infrastructure practices, their implementation, and quantifiable benefits, while also addressing challenges faced in developing infrastructure in New Cairo. The document concludes with an overview of the action plan framework needed for effective implementation.

1. Zeinab Feisal , Ahmed Haron
MULTIFUNCTION GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE
Zeinab Feisal , Ahmed Haron
TOWARDS UPGRADING URBAN
ECOSYSTEM IN CAIRO

2. What is Green Infrastructure?

3. Road networks
earthfirst.com
jerseygreen.org
Utilities and
Communications
Water supply,
treatment and
disposal facilities
What is Green Infrastructure?
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4. What is Green Infrastructure?
&
Green Infrastructure
Gray Infrastructure

5. Nature
can be used to offer different services for communities
such as: keeping them from flooding
or extreme heat
or helping to develop
the quality of water, soil, and air.
When nature used as an infrastructural system,
it is termed "GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE"
What is Green Infrastructure?

6. What is Green Infrastructure?
Green infrastructure is the “ networks of natural
lands, working landscapes, and other open spaces
to conserve ecosystem values and functions and
provide associated benefits to human populations”
(Allen, 2012)

7. Green Infrastructure practices
Multilayered and integrated green infrastructure
Green infrastructure practices vary in scale from separate
buildings, streets, and neighborhoods to cities and regions ..

8. Green Infrastructure practices
Green roofs
earthfirst.com
Tree planting
Infiltration
Practices

9. Green Infrastructure practices
Multilayered and integrated green infrastructure
Green infrastructure practices vary in scale from separate
buildings, streets, and neighborhoods to cities and regions ..
and the benefits range in scale accordingly

10. Air Quality Improvement
Microclimate Modification
Stormwater Management
Enriched Habitat and Biodiversity
Recreational & Transportation Opportunities
Green Infrastructure Benefits

11. Air Quality Improvement
The Chicago Urban Forest Climate
Project
Chicago’s Urban Forest
tricker.net
It is estimated that 11% of
forest cover in Chicago
sequesters 155,000 tons of
carbon each year.
Green Infrastructure Benefits

12. Microclimate Modification
Trees serve as windbreaks
thedailygreen.com
Green Infrastructure Benefits

13. Stormwater Management
Hard surfaces
increase runoff and
pollutants
Increase in runoff
causes flooding
city-data.com
Green Infrastructure Benefits

14. Stormwater Management
Green infrastructure
provides a low cost
nonstructural approach
to stormwater design
including low impact
development (LID).
metroplanning.org
Green Infrastructure Benefits

15. Enriched Habitat & Biodiversity
conservationphotos.com
• A variety of birds &
animals indicates a
healthy environment
• Wildlife move along
rivers and streams
• Health of habitats
depends on size and
connectivity
Green Infrastructure Benefits

16. Recreational and Transportation Opportunities
Riparian corridors can
be used for recreation
as well as flood control georgetown.org
warringah.ns.gov.au
Green Infrastructure Benefits

17. Multifunction Green Infrastructure

18. New Cairo “ Infrastructure “

20. New Cairo Between Facts and Planning

21. Problems , Challenges , Issues
Administration issue
Economical issue
Environmental Issue

22. Table (1) shows list of stations building process
station Sewage Water Electricity
Construction
process
Number of
stations
% from
target
Number of
stations
% from target Number of
stations
% from
target
Constructed 3 15% 1 14% 4 36%
Under
construction
3 15% 1 86% ____ _____
Designed 2 10% ______ _______ 2 31%
Under Design 5 60% _______ _______ 3 33%
Total 13 100% 2 100% 9 100%
Sewerage
network
Water
network
Electricity
network
Road
network
Telecommunication network
Constructed 49.3% 50% 60% 56.1% 32%
Under construction 21% 20% 15% 15.3% 16.3%
Under Design 30% 30% 35% 28.6% 51.1%
Table (2) presents infrastructure network Implementation
process according to City plans.

23. Action Plan framework
1. Administration framework
• City hall
• Urban Observatory
• Technical teams

24. Environmental - Economic framework

26. Social Framework

27. New Cairo Environmental Framework

28. Agricultural irrigation network
Ground water reservoirs

29.  Green ways
 Wood Forest
 Industrial zone
 Energy

30. Thank You
Zeinab Feisal
Benha Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, Benha, Egypt,
zeinab_feisal@bhit.bu.edu.eg
Ahmed Haron
Faculty of Engineering, MTI university, Cairo, Egypt,
archharon@gmail.com