Renovation of Nile Cornish and Ancient Touristic Market in Aswan City; Attempt to Solve the Public Transportation Problem

Abstract

Aswan is an ancient city in Egypt; it has many potential issues to be a sustainable and advanced city in its region. On the other hand, it has many environmental problems according to the sustainability criteria such as air and water pollution, noisy, and unsatisfied transportation systems. So, this research aims to solve these problems and tries to keep the environment clean and increase the public satisfaction by promoting new and advanced transportation systems and enhancing the infrastructures in Aswan city without compromising the city heritage. The paper case study is renovating the main city Cornish and the ancient touristic market through studying the existing case and presenting a proposed renovation processes which included new public transportation systems according to public questionnaire results. The proposed renovation process is compared with Curitiba and Masdar city throughout their sustainable urban programs especially public transport and mobility systems. These systems will serve the Aswan people and tourists which reduces the people suffering and preserves the city heritage and touristic places.