the eight site and services / core house demonstration projects...
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THE EIGHT SITE AND SERVICES / CORE HOUSE
DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS OF THE ’70s"
GATHERING DATA WHEN ACCESS IS DIFFICULT – EXPERIMENTING WITH GOOGLE EARTH AS
SURROGATE! 1
A ROUNDTABLE WORKSHOP
Reinhard Goethert Mar<n Scoppa
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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PROJECTS 35+ YEARS AFTER? WHAT LESSONS CAN THEY
TEACH US?
A Seminar at Cairo University in 1979 documented eight demonstraFon
projects tesFng new housing strategies
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Which project started like this?
And what can we learn from this?
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HOW CAN WE FIND OUT? • Standard surveys with detailed family interviews and house to house assessment ideal
BUT • Not a good <me considering the situa<on • Substan<al prepara<on, trained survey team, financial resources necessary to be credible
NEEDS CONSIDERABLE LEAD TIME
BUT STILL…. CAN WE FIND SOMETHING USEFUL QUICKLY?
Popula<on con<nues to explode and cannot wait!!!!
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Introduc<on to the Eight Projects
• Ismailia • Suez City • Assiut • Sadat City New Town • 10th of Ramadan New Town • Helwan Housing Project • Port Said
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ISMAILIA DEMONSTRATION PROJECT/ ABU ATWA
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ISMAILIA DEMONSTRATION PROJECT/ EL HEKR
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Hai Al- Salam during the 1980s"
8 Thanks to Forbes Davidson and Mariam AbdelAzim
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Hai Al- Salam Today"
Thanks to Forbes Davidson, Mariam Abdel Azeem
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SUEZ DEMONSTRATION PROJECT/ CABANON
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ASSIUT HOUSING PROJECT
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SADAT CITY CORE HOUSING PROJECT
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10TH OF RAMADAN CORE HOUSING PROJECT
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HELWAN CITY HOUSING PROJECT
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PORT SAID DEMONSTRATION PROJECT/ CABANON
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Summary of Core Units
SADAT CITY AMERIYAH 10th RAMADAN SUEZ -‐ CABANON
From research by Dr. Zakia Shafie
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ISMAILIA HELWAN ASSIUT
From research by Dr. Zakia Shafie
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al Areas We experimented with Google Earth/Bing
for a Quick Understanding of the SituaFon
Easy to do, inexpensive, repeatable Can do it remotely Has built-‐in tools (measurement of areas, lines, etc)
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Is the quality good enough for useful data?
What are the limits to the type of data that you can get?
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Which project started like this?
And what can we learn from this?
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METHODOLOGY • Located project site from Google images
• Selected 500m x 500m reference sample
• Expanded sample to large scale
• Selected illustra<ve block to test
• Determined basic data from sample image
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Your Turn! Examine selected block photo and fill in data table.
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Can you find more data from Google images?
What data can you find from Google images? DATA
NEEDED/ WANTED Very Easy
Easy Neutral Hard Very Hard
Lot boundaries Lot sizes Lot area Built/Unbuilt Under Construc<on/ Finished Number of stories (shadow)
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Some things are difficult if not impossible to see from aerial views"
25 Thanks to Forbes Davidson, Mariam Abdel Azeem
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What ALTERNATIVES to Google could you use?
PHYSICAL DATA FULL AREA
Very Easy
Easy Neutral Hard Very Hard
Aerial photographs Drones
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PHYSICAL DATA TRANSECT VIEWS
Very Easy
Easy Neutral Hard Very Hard
Google street views? Drive-‐through/ walk through Drone fly-‐through
What ALTERNATIVES to Google could you use?
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SOCIAL/ PROCESS DATA
Very Easy
Easy Neutral Hard Very Hard
Individual interviews Cell phone responses Mail in surveys Photo essays
What ALTERNATIVES to Google could you use?
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The opportunity to actually survey the 8 demonstration projects may be at hand!
If you get MUCH FUNDING, which methods would you choose to find information? (ex: Gates Foundation?)
If you get LITTLE FUNDING, which methods would you choose to find information? (ex: Current academic resources, volunteer students, etc.)
REFLECTIONS
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