الفهرس 
Pre-Design Studies
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Abstract
Since 1976, Egypt started an ambitious development plan,
aiming to upgrade the quality of living standards and the services
presented to the population. This program included developing a
series of cities and new communities , in an attempt to redistribute
population density in the existing cities.
New Cairo Region, El-Shorouk City and El-Sheikh Zayed
City represent the first generation of suburbs established as one of
the forms of New communities by the government. They are
residential areas without economical activities, either industrial or
agricultural, to attract population.
As a result of the long distance separating these suburbs
from the heart of the city, its services and potentials, the Ministry of
Housing & Utilities and Urban Communities decided in 1995 to
provide the residences of these suburbs with the same services they
missed by being far away from their cities. Accordingly, an
international tender was suggested to design and develop an
international shopping center out of town, as the prime initiative in
Egypt to serve these new communities.
The thesis addresses the concept of developing out of town
shopping centers and the possibilities of its application in Egypt,
through a theoretical analysis to this category of buildings and an
analytical study for some distinguished examples. The research
investigates for how shopping centers were originally found, why,
when, and where they are mostly needed and finally how to
determine the criteria and the design guidelines which form the
design program for a regional shopping center, so as to follow the
latest ideas in this field and avoid the problems of unplanned
implementation.